Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 19:13:54 -0300 From: "" Nando Augusto 95r "" <vcrhp@iname.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very Common Question Message-ID: <36D08522.35D5B975@iname.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.02A.9902212120320.29133-100000@cuchulainn.tirnanog>
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What's GPL? Kieran wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, K. Marsh wrote: > > > The point I was trying to make was that you can't sell your software for > > profit, UNLESS you distribute the source code too (thereby giving away > > the secrets of your program.) This is right, isn't it Christ? FreeBSD's > > license doesn't require you to give away your source. > > Wrong. The GPL doesn't allow you to distribute someone else's code in > binary form. If you are dealing with your own code, obviously you can > re-licence it. > > It represents a different world-view. The BSD networking code which > _many_ different unices borrowed/used would not have been used had they > been distributed under the GPL. So both licences have real advantages > depending on the views of the person writing it. > > Please, if you think this is a balanced account, don't respond! (Feel > free to flame away if you think that I'm wrong.) The world doesn't need > another GPL-vs-BSD "discussion" ;-) > > Kieran > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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