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Date:      Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:19:50 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Craig Harding <crh@outpost.co.nz>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20011217221801.02841bc0@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <3C1ED086.725352BC@outpost.co.nz>
References:  <20011218121011.E21649@monorchid.lemis.com> <4hzo4hyv3c.o4h@localhost.localdomain>

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At 10:13 PM 12/17/2001, Craig Harding wrote:

>If the software's better, isn't that the point? Is it really the smart
>approach to choose the worse solution to a problem just because of the
>license it uses?

Absolutely. It means the difference between earning a living and
being deprived of one (which is one of the explicit goals of the
GPL; see Stallman's "GNU Manifesto").

>It's a matter of history. After so many endless threads over the last
>few years on the evils (or otherwise) of the GPL, usually with Brett
>Glass endlessly pushing his point of view to allcomers, 

Not endlessly. But I am persistent because the issue is important
and because FreeBSD is already in deep trouble. The GPL camel is
already in the tent.

--Brett


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