Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 10:53:49 +0000 From: Anatoly Vorobey <mellon@pobox.com> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <20000514105349.A20904@happy.checkpoint.com> In-Reply-To: <391E5B85.B761FFF6@mindspring.com>; from jhix@mindspring.com on Sun, May 14, 2000 at 12:53:41AM -0700 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>
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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. And you are entitled to whatever comparisons that may cross your mind, however mind-boggingly stupid they are. Ain't freedom of speech great? -- Anatoly Vorobey, mellon@pobox.com http://pobox.com/~mellon/ "Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly" - G.K.Chesterton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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