From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Dec 22 7:22: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 095C037B401 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 07:22:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2051043ED8 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 07:22:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18Q7vV-000LPi-00; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 15:22:01 +0000 Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.12.6/8.11.1) with ESMTP id gBMFM1Pe039942; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 15:22:01 GMT (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBMFM1Pn039941; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 15:22:01 GMT Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 15:22:00 +0000 From: Jonathon McKitrick To: Rahul Siddharthan Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's momentum and future prospects Message-ID: <20021222152200.GA39388@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20021222034806.GA34537@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20021222064026.GA421@papagena.rockefeller.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021222064026.GA421@papagena.rockefeller.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *18Q7vV-000LPi-00*lTIsHtT11C.* Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 01:40:26AM -0500, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: | Jonathon McKitrick wrote: | > I recently read that the new Mandrake licensing plans for commercial will | > allow modification of the source without requiring they be released. The | > article remarks how much that is like the BSD license. | | ITYM this issue: | http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=186 | If so, (a) it's not about linux itself, (b) even so, you totally | misunderstood him. I guess I should have clarified that it only applied to the one Mandrake specific product they are using as their flagship commercial product. But the point was that the reference to the BSD license once again reminds us how fortunate we are we don't have to dance around this issue with BSD products. It's taking quite a while for Linux to develop a decent business model that doesn't depend on hardware sales. But as you mentioned, a Linux/BSD or BSD/GPL debate is pointless. | FreeBSD will survive. Linux will survive. Use what you like... I guess I was just looking for the confirmation that BSD *does* have the momentum to survive, as well as enough new 'technology' as MSFT would put it, to make it a worthwhile alternative choice, not just an also-ran alternative OS that is always playing catch-up. And from the other responses, 5.0 is going to be awesome, so I'm looking forward to it. jm -- My other computer is your Windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message