From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jun 7 18:45:34 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from avarice.riverstyx.net (hq-port-89.harbour-dhcp-pool.infinetgroup.com [207.23.37.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBBC937B8EC for ; Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:45:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from unknown@avarice.riverstyx.net) Received: (from unknown@localhost) by avarice.riverstyx.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e581WAr03049; Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:32:10 -0700 Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:32:10 -0700 From: Tani Hosokawa To: j mckitrick Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kerberos and bsd license Message-ID: <20000607183210.T30128@riverstyx.net> References: <20000608021150.A69953@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000608021150.A69953@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org on Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 02:11:51AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 02:11:51AM +0100, j mckitrick wrote: > sorry if this has already been covered here, but i haven't been subscribed > because of lack of time. > > but i was curious what everyone's thoughts were, especially., dare i say, > brett glass. is this a problem with bsd licensing? can this be corrected? > is the gpl better for protecting us from microsoft and other prorietary > monopolies? > > a friend of mine argues againts bsd licensing for this very reason. I think you may have missed the point of the BSD license... it's not restrictive. It's free software, that can be used by anyone for any purpose. It's not up to the license to police large corporations, it's up to society. -- tani hosokawa river styx internet To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message