Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:48:11 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@theinternet.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: GNU Kernel (was: [OT] RMS Suing was [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD) Message-ID: <20011213114811.D3448@monorchid.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20011212203016.O46324@zeus.theinternet.com.au> References: <20011211093550.D4BF638CC@overcee.netplex.com.au> <20011211102645.46795.qmail@web21110.mail.yahoo.com> <20011210220153.50612.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com> <20011210161410.L92148@elvis.mu.org> <3C15AC5A.44BFD2BD@mindspring.com> <20011211183001.B67986@monorchid.lemis.com> <3C15CD07.6D5FC2E7@mindspring.com> <20011212131125.A82733@monorchid.lemis.com> <3C16D226.F169C43D@mindspring.com> <20011212203016.O46324@zeus.theinternet.com.au>
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[moved to -chat] On Wednesday, 12 December 2001 at 20:30:17 +1000, Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote: > +-------[ Terry Lambert ]---------------------- >> >> RMS has indicated a willingness to sue people distributing bipartite >> distributions, where the linking is delayed until installation to >> work around the letter of the GPL. Given his religious convictions, >> I can't see him *not*. Factor that into your decision. > > Just to balance this point out; > > Only the copyright holder can do this, what code of any significance has > RMS contributed recently to this or any other project where this would be > a consideration? > > Not everyone has the religious conviction of RMS. In 1983 RMS promised a > kernel for GNU too, it hasn't arrived yet. Sure it has. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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