Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 06:46:38 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Pechter <pechter@pechter.nws.net> To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL *again* (was: New CODA release) Message-ID: <199902081146.GAA03263@pechter.nws.net> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990208043419.0460cbe0@mail.lariat.org> from Brett Glass at "Feb 8, 1999 4:42:44 am"
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> At 10:50 PM 2/7/99 -0800, Gregory Sutter wrote: > > >> it's very important that we resist the GPL -- born of spite and > >> popularized by sheer accident -- before we REALLY start to see > >> negative effects. > > > >Some people don't believe that we will. > > You're absolutely entitled to that opinion. And he's not the only one who agrees with it. > Again, you're entitled to disagree. But please do consider what > I say not as a matter of "religion" but as a cool, reasoned view > from someone who makes his predictions very carefully and after > a LOT of consideration. > > --Brett Unfortunately the DOJ isn't assured of having any effective solution. Microsoft will change only when it's in their own best interests and it makes them more $$$. The GPL will fail to spread only when more people realize it will hurt their freedom and bottom line (personal and corporate). Bill --- Bill Gates is a Persian cat and a monocle away from being a villain in a James Bond movie -- Dennis Miller bpechter@shell.monmouth.com|pechter@pechter.nws.net|pechter@pechter.ddns.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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