Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 04:21:58 -0500 From: misnagid <misnagid@usa.net> To: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> Cc: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Subject: Re: GPL vs BSD Licence Message-ID: <1099214518.3560.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20041031105926.4f06b06f.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> References: <MDEHLPKNGKAHNMBLJOLKGENNPGAA.davids@webmaster.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMA MLGJJCKNCEJEEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <20041031105926.4f06b06f.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I'll second that Miguel! Thanks!! Jerr On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 04:59, Miguel Mendez wrote: > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 23:36:42 -0700 > "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > > Guys, > > > 95% of the GPL advocates out there don't know the first damn thing > > about the GPL and undoubtedly have never completely read through > > the thing, MUCH LESS have read the supporting philosophy and writing > > around it. I see GPL bigots ALL THE TIME arguing about how great > > GPL code is and how the GPL is so all fired wonderful because of this > > and that which isn't even IN the damn license!!! > > I don't know if you're aware of this, but this kind is *useless* > discussion has been going on on the mailing lists for *years*. Check > groups.google.com and you'll see that everything you might want to add > about GPL vs BSD has already been said a hundred times. John Dyson > posted a lot about it, then Brett Glass did for a while, and now you. > > If the time wasted on these rants had gone into writing software we'd > have a 100% BSDL system today. My very humble suggestion is that you > please take this somewhere else. I've never seen a GPL advocate 'see the > light' and start licensing his software under the BSD license after > having a conversation with a BSD 'zealot', or vice versa. > > /me goes back to lurking... > > Cheers, -- Cast a cold Eye On Life, On Death Horseman pass by!
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?1099214518.3560.0.camel>