Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 21:00:27 +0000 From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD's momentum and future prospects Message-ID: <20021222210027.GA41373@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20021222162914.GB16833@gothmog.gr> References: <20021221231417.GB32071@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <001101c2a948$2034b5e0$c601a8c0@silverdollar> <20021222034806.GA34537@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20021222162914.GB16833@gothmog.gr>
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On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 06:29:14PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: | On 2002-12-22 03:48, Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> wrote: | > On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 03:24:35PM -0800, Peter Kieser wrote: | > | On another note, the only reason Linux is getting commerical interest is | > | because people don't know about FreeBSD, they also don't know about the | > | goods of the BSD license, if corporations were made aware of how the BSD | > | license can be used, I gaurntee you we would have more people jumping on the | > | band wagon for FreeBSD development and such. I just don't think BSD in | > | general gets enough publicity. | > | > I recently read that the new Mandrake licensing plans for commercial will | > allow modification of the source without requiring they be released. The | > article remarks how much that is like the BSD license. | | This sounds pretty impossible to do with GPL code. Where did you | read that? Unless seen in more context, "modification of the source | without requiring they be released" sounds something very hard to do | for Linux and its GPL parts. It's not the Linux code they are talking about. There is a multi-network firewall that they include. For commercial, you can buy licenses and support, and also get the source code to MNF, IIUC. Linux stays GPL. jm -- My other computer is your Windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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