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Date:      Wed, 16 Aug 2000 17:00:21 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sun's web site
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20000816165928.05721c70@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20000816221119.B7276@physics.iisc.ernet.in>

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Sorry, Rahul, but being ethical is not a "hangup." The GPL is
destructive, and is aimed right at the hearts of corporations
such as Sun. They are very, VERY foolish to let it in the door.

--Brett

At 10:41 AM 8/16/2000, Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
  
>Take a look at www.sun.com today. The biggest thing on it is the GNOME
>footprint.
>
>Is this of interest to BSD?  I think so, for a few reasons:
>(1) Since Sun has an interest in making gnome work on solaris (they
>have announced that gnome 2.0 will get bundled with solaris when it's 
>ready), it will hopefully not develop in too linux-specific a way 
>from now on.
>(2) Gnome works very well with FreeBSD, and I think with all BSD's,
>and pushing it (and KDE) can definitely help push the BSD userbase.
>(3) It is yet another counterexample of corporates disliking GPL
>software.  I hate these license wars and, after reading these lists
>for some time, I know I'm not alone (though I don't know what the
>percentages are). But a far-from-insignificant section of the BSD
>advocates enjoys flaming the GPL violently, at any provocation, in a
>way that seems to do more harm than good.  Lots of software being
>developed for linux is ported to BSD but not emphasised very much
>by the BSD community, and I think the licensing is part of the reason;
>why not get over this hangup, and use these things to promote BSD
>the same way they're promoting linux?
>
>Rahul.
> 
>
>
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