From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 22 19:25:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp02.primenet.com (smtp02.primenet.com [206.165.6.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 066A311013 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 19:24:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr08.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp02.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA01917; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:24:19 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr08.primenet.com(206.165.6.208) via SMTP by smtp02.primenet.com, id smtpd001722; Mon Feb 22 20:24:09 1999 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA15544; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:23:49 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199902230323.UAA15544@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: GPL issues (Was: More important Windows Refund Day To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 03:23:43 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990222201531.03fc77d0@mail.lariat.org> from "Brett Glass" at Feb 22, 99 08:18:31 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] 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 > >If you support the goals of the GNU Manifesto, then I'd argue that > >the GPL is a poor instrument by which the instrumentality that the > >GNU Manifesto intends can be realized. > > > >A better instrument would be the Cygnus ECOS Public License, since > >it takes specific notice of patent law and tit-for-tat patent > >cross-licensing. > > > > http://www.cygnus.com/ecos/license.html > > > > True, but it also forces disclosure of source code. This is a VERY > serious issue in an embedded product, since the source code is key > to differentiation in this market. The licensing essentially gives > anyone the ability to copy the hard work you put into your product, > gratis. I think you have misread the license: 3.7. Larger Works. You may create a Larger Work by combining Covered Code with other code not governed by the terms of this License and distribute the Larger Work as a single product. In such a case, You must make sure the requirements of this License are fulfilled for the Covered Code. > Rather a Faustian bargain, I'd say. It's a bad business proposition. "If you support the goals of the GNU Manifesto..." Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message