Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 20:30:17 +1000 From: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@theinternet.com.au> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: [OT] RMS Suing was [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011212203016.O46324@zeus.theinternet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3C16D226.F169C43D@mindspring.com>; from Terry Lambert on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 07:42:30PM -0800 References: <E16Dkz5-0006Xd-00@tungsten.btinternet.com> <20011211093550.D4BF638CC@overcee.netplex.com.au> <20011211102645.46795.qmail@web21110.mail.yahoo.com> <20011210220153.50612.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com> <20011210161410.L92148@elvis.mu.org> <3C15AC5A.44BFD2BD@mindspring.com> <20011211183001.B67986@monorchid.lemis.com> <3C15CD07.6D5FC2E7@mindspring.com> <20011212131125.A82733@monorchid.lemis.com> <3C16D226.F169C43D@mindspring.com>
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+-------[ Terry Lambert ]---------------------- | | RMS has indicated a willingness to sue people distributing bipartite | distributions, where the linking is delayed until installation to | work around the letter of the GPL. Given his religious convictions, | I can't see him *not*. Factor that into your decision. Just to balance this point out; Only the copyright holder can do this, what code of any significance has RMS contributed recently to this or any other project where this would be a consideration? Not everyone has the religious conviction of RMS. In 1983 RMS promised a kernel for GNU too, it hasn't arrived yet. He talks a lot. Remeber to factor that into your decisions d8) -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | | ACN: 082 081 472 ABN: 83 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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