Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 22:08:02 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Arun Sharma <adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sun's web site Message-ID: <20000817220802.A6830@physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <200008171419.HAA21452@sharmas.dhs.org>; from adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org on Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 07:19:30AM -0700 References: <20000816221119.B7276@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <200008171419.HAA21452@sharmas.dhs.org>
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Arun Sharma said on Aug 17, 2000 at 07:19:30: > > I see two reasons why BSD is a separate entity, as opposed to being > "merged" with linux (people may disagree here): > > 1. Different development model > 2. Different licensing model > > I think they're both equally important. Yes, but one needs a good desktop environment for desktop use, and twm doesn't cut it. One has to either accept GPL'd software for such things, or duplicate that entire effort with a BSD license. > So the new corporate wisdom seems to be - a dead open source project > needs GPL in order to be revived. Let's see if the hypothesis can be > tested in the real world. If you're talking about Mozilla, I'm not sure it's dead; and the GPL switch seems to be motivated partly by some recent problems in reusing the Mozilla code with GPL'd code as in Galeon. I agree that the GPL's incompatibility with other legitimate "free" licenses (by the FSF's own definition) is a problem with the GPL and not the other licenses. But that's a different issue entirely. Rahul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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