From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 14 23:23:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7904010656C6 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:23:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f166.google.com (mail-ew0-f166.google.com [209.85.219.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 078D88FC1E for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:23:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by ewy10 with SMTP id 10so3215171ewy.43 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:23:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=DkcX81c82CkrXLGWGaiaMHhJyDOsCivuCfcL9AjiD0g=; b=Syyqq1mvD3v18GYpbfb6igizkN8GoEX0FwABpySm0gX6oh57JovMHJ5syZJe5+ctyf L5HS+iitzFtWZ/xlzauTt3QC0bQtb4dS9FKd6bXrT02LyDi3WB86CXGJ2UL20UOOdXBE TFHJQG6f/9Blo7stC71sbhsROeMlIais9/tnY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=vQJw9u460BgYgla+jEE5l8iJOXGO5181wrugkIjyt2NxKAjl9ialy+ryRpRjTJM2zG tYrvBX8eTmvvMLC7ycYXbJUNJ4KWzc3ELmTuDo9pQZDReomNajMe7ZmK1iOEMHSqiUBa OSFFI1BURL3XuE101eIH9EW412BHDvgYwxAU0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.43.10 with SMTP id q10mr2241351ebq.58.1237073022163; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:23:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20090311012018.2075c3d9@gom.home> <20090311140247.GE86605@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:23:42 +0000 Message-ID: From: Chris Rees To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: bsd vs gpl X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:23:43 -0000 2009/3/11 David Kelly : > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 01:20:18AM -0700, prad wrote: >> i've not paid much attention to licensing philosophy i the past, >> because for me it was always windoze vs the goodguys. >> >> however, recently i've become aware of there being a chasm within the >> goodguys in that the bsd attitude is do what you want as long as you >> give credit to the creator, whereas the gpl folks say do what you want >> as long as you keep it free. >> >> is this a fair summation? > > No, too simple. > > The source code is always free under BSD, contrary to what GPL > proponents claim. Just that under BSD you are free to keep ownership of > your own work. To decide how *you* wish to distribute. You may limit the > redistribution of your work which includes BSD components. GPL people > seem to forget the base BSD code is still free, its just that they want > your enhancements too. Its a lesson in how to lie the way they claim > this is somehow "free" and/or "freedom." > > GPL states that if you make changes those changes must be made available > under the same terms as the original source code. Yet somehow darlings > of the GPL world such as Red Hat, MySQL, and others, skirt around that > onerous requirement. > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net > ======================================================================== > Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Sorry, what do Red Hat et al do to 'skirt' around the requirements of the GPL? They are some of the biggest supporters of free software. They abide by the letter AND the spirit of the GPL. They are a model free software business; charging for support etc is the most legitimate way of making money from software. Chris --