From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Jul 11 4:27: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A99137B401; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 04:26:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #7) id 15KI8q-0006Xz-00; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:26:52 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f6BBQp662930; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:26:51 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:26:50 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: Wes Peters Cc: Eivind Eklund , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BSD, .Net comments - any reponse to this reasoning? Message-ID: <20010711122650.A62765@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20010630174743.A85268@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010707160255.A18525@thinksec.no> <20010710151059.A52201@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010710175800.A77023@FreeBSD.org> <3B4C10F7.7CBDB859@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <3B4C10F7.7CBDB859@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 02:40:23AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG | I've heard it referred to as the theory (or doctrine) of enlightened self- | interest. What we need is a really good article (mandatory plug: Daemon News) | on the advantages of the BSD license. Definitely. | What an excellent starting point. A few obvious other ones leap to my mind, | including Kirk's softupdates code, Grog's vinum volume manager, and a lot | of the VM work contributed by Matt Dillon in the search for more performance I thought maybe these were just because the users/programmers also happen to be FreeBSD supporters, or that maybe they were the exception to the rule. What is the likelihood that for every 'give back' we get, there are 3 other great modifications that are kept locked away somewhere? | for his applications. I'll really look forward to reading that article, | Eivind. ;^) He's got my vote. :-) Jonathon -- Microsoft complaining about the source license used by Linux is like the event horizon calling the kettle black. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message