Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 01:36:09 -0700 (PDT) From: <unknown@riverstyx.net> To: rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What's wrong with GPL? (was Re: Jordan the Confused) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9904160124520.32489-100000@hades.riverstyx.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.990415225959.18984B-100000@dsinw.com>
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That's actually quite different from my experiences. On the other hand, I may be missing out on the typical Linux installation difficulties, having had most of my experience under Linux. It's been a while since my first installation -- but the first UNIX-like OS that I ever installed was FreeBSD, and it definitely seemed more mysterious. The CD boot feature is pretty particular to you though AFAIK. Most installations of Linux that I do take under an hour. And they do (sometimes) ask you about setting up PPP, static IP, DHCP, etc. Redhat has a pretty slick user interface for setting up PPP (I used it once... who usees PPP anymore anyway? :-)) But in regards to the GPL, it seems like a fairly innocuous kinda thing. I write some software, declare it to be GPL'd, and thus guaranteeing that the source code shall remain available. It doesn't really limit me all that much. And if I write a new version, I can opt to not release it under the GPL, freeing me from its burdens should I decide that I want to go commercial with it. --- tani hosokawa river styx internet On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, rick hamell wrote: > > > There've been a couple people complaining about the GPL on this list in > > the past few messages -- any particular reason why? RMS is a bit of a > > prick (especially recently -- I can't believe he wants to rename Linux to > > GNU/Linux because it tends to ship with Gnu tools), but I don't see a > > problem with the actual license. > > This was my questions too. What makes GPL worse then the FreeBSD > licence? Maybe it's more obvious if I wasn't a relative newbie. > Also, in regards to user friendlyness, what are people > complaining about? Having just recently install Linux and FreeBSD for the > first time within the last six months, I found the FreeBSD install much > simpler. Pop in the CDROM, turn on the computer, hit novice install. Away > it went... Linux was a pain in the arse... had to download the bootdisks > and make them because the boot off cdrom option was broken in that > release. In other words, the FreeBSD installation took less then an hour, > the Linux one took me nearly two days! > Now, the big problem I see as a newbie, is the lack of > documentation, I'm sure this has been heard before! Even with the > documentation we do have it seems to be slightly hard to find. Now, > before anyone says anything, I've already started working on > documentation myself... :) > The only other problem I really see is the whole PPP thing, for a > month it was the only thing to keep me from using FreeBSD all the time. I > think it's confusing because there does not seem to always be a > differance (doc wise,) between kernal and user ppp. I also realize that > it's probally hard to do so, there are so many options! I'd like to see > an installation script of sorts for this with a few simple questions. > I.e. is this computer going to be the gateway for a network? Do you have > a static IP or do you need to get one assigned? Is your modem PNP or > other? Etc, etc. It is my intention to do this... once I figure out how > to get ppp working right... :) > > > Rick > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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