From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 8 03:49:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA22029 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 03:49:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.monmouth.com (shell.monmouth.com [205.231.236.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA22024 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 03:49:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pechter@pechter.nws.net) Received: from pechter.nws.net (bg-tc-ppp721.monmouth.com [209.191.63.157]) by shell.monmouth.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id GAA06980; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 06:48:56 -0500 (EST) Received: (from pechter@localhost) by pechter.nws.net (8.9.2/8.9.1) id GAA03263; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 06:46:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from pechter) From: Bill Pechter Message-Id: <199902081146.GAA03263@pechter.nws.net> Subject: Re: GPL *again* (was: New CODA release) In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990208043419.0460cbe0@mail.lariat.org> from Brett Glass at "Feb 8, 1999 4:42:44 am" To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 06:46:38 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-to: pechter@shell.monmouth.com X-Phone-Number: 908-389-3592 X-OS-Type: FreeBSD 3.0-Stable X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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