From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 8 06:34:34 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA12055 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 06:34:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shale.csir.co.za (shale.csir.co.za [146.64.46.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA12045 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 06:34:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from reg@shale.csir.co.za) Received: (from reg@localhost) by shale.csir.co.za (8.9.2/8.9.2) id QAA29096; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 16:32:53 +0200 (SAT) (envelope-from reg) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 16:32:52 +0200 From: Jeremy Lea To: Brett Glass Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Effects of the GPL Message-ID: <19990208163252.C96974@shale.csir.co.za> References: <36BE3DEC.433E8A2E@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> <199902071900.LAA09317@kithrup.com> <36BE1B25.653A5341@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> <19990207162848.L27505@orcrist.mediacity.com> <36BE3DEC.433E8A2E@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> <19990208013607.F27505@orcrist.mediacity.com> <4.1.19990208044608.00c8a9f0@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990208044608.00c8a9f0@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 04:54:17AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 04:54:17AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > Paul Vixie was going to present a talk on this issue at LinuxWorld, > but recently cancelled, alas. I was going to fill in, but discovered > that the session had been scheduled directly opposite one by Nick > Petreley -- Editorial Director of the online LinuxWorld magazine > and a key cheerleader for the GPL. I therefore opted out; wrong > forum, bad time slot. But I would welcome contributions to an > online presentation about the subject. I'd like to call it "The > Fortress, the Cathedral, and the Bazaar." Microsoft, of course, > would be the Fortress; the theology-motivated FSF (with Linux and > the GPL) the Cathedral; and the commercial software world and the > BSD movement the Bazaar. (Using Eric Raymond's terms) It's interesting to note that the Cathedral has no god while the Bazaar seems to have a shrine on every corner... RMS, Linus, ESR, Alan Cox, etc, etc. -Jeremy -- | "I could be anything I wanted to, but one things true --+-- Never gonna be as big as Jesus, never gonna hold the world in my hand | Never gonna be as big as Jesus, never gonna build a promised land | But that's, that's all right, OK with me..." -Audio Adrenaline To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message