From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 22 18:46:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp02.primenet.com (smtp02.primenet.com [206.165.6.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1CB510EBD for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:46:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr08.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp02.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA15170; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 19:46:43 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr08.primenet.com(206.165.6.208) via SMTP by smtp02.primenet.com, id smtpd015044; Mon Feb 22 19:46:25 1999 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA14178; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 19:46:19 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199902230246.TAA14178@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: GPL issues (Was: More important Windows Refund Day coverage) To: chris@netmonger.net (Christopher Masto) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 02:46:19 +0000 (GMT) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19990222143416.A25682@netmonger.net> from "Christopher Masto" at Feb 22, 99 02:34:16 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > The purpose of the GPL is to allow people to license their code under > the GPL. Period. With respect, the GPL is an instrumentality of the GNU Manifesto. http://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html The purpose of the GPL is to advance the goals of the GNU Manifesto. If you don't support the goals of the GNU Manifesto, then don't use the GPL. If you support the goals of the GNU Manifesto, then I'd argue that the GPL is a poor instrument by which the instrumentality that the GNU Manifesto intends can be realized. A better instrument would be the Cygnus ECOS Public License, since it takes specific notice of patent law and tit-for-tat patent cross-licensing. http://www.cygnus.com/ecos/license.html Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message