Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 01:10:02 -0700 From: W Gerald Hicks <jhix@mindspring.com> To: Anatoly Vorobey <mellon@pobox.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <391E5F5A.A8066271@mindspring.com> References: <391D71FE.1570F551@asme.org> <20000513205610.A22103@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <3.0.6.32.20000513143506.00895650@mail85.pair.com> <20000514010614.A16058@happy.checkpoint.com> <3.0.6.32.20000513180213.00894400@mail85.pair.com> <20000514023000.A16663@happy.checkpoint.com> <20000514051118.M22405@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <391E2C5B.D4EFB077@mail.ptd.net> <20000514093934.10200@techunix.technion.ac.il> <391E5B85.B761FFF6@mindspring.com> <20000514105349.A20904@happy.checkpoint.com>
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Anatoly Vorobey wrote: > > On Sun, May 14, 2000 at 12:53:41AM -0700, W Gerald Hicks wrote: > > Anatoly Vorobey wrote: > > > > > It is the choice of the author to use the words "GPL version 2 (or any > > > later version) applies to this software" or "GPL version 2, and solely > > > that version, applies to this software", or nothing (which implies the > > > earlier choice). The author has the choice. > > > > > > > It is the choice of the FreeBSD project to favor non-GPL software > > whenever practical. > > I know. I endorse that choice. > > > Anyway, any such decisions are beyond the author's discretion once > > they've assigned copyright to Richard M. (Uncle Joe) Stalin. > > The author doesn't have to assign copyright to anybody, and indeed > rarely does. Ask Linus about copyrights on the Linux kernel. I'd rather ask Linus why his ego made him name it Linux and why he is so clueless about revision control. > > And you are entitled to whatever comparisons that may cross your > mind, however mind-boggingly stupid they are. Ain't freedom of > speech great? That comparison was made in order to offend you. -- Jerry Hicks jhix@mindspring.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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