Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 17:52:27 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux kernel and FreeBSD neck and neck? Message-ID: <20000728175227.B60259@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000728103733.04b7e510@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 10:40:15AM -0600 References: <20000728180020.A13337@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000728124727.A58850@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000728173235.A13136@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000728131956.B58850@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000728180020.A13337@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000728133500.C58850@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20000728103733.04b7e510@localhost>
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> ethical, business-friendly, programmer-friendly licensing. Technical Ah, yes. I won't get you started on that one ;) I read a wonderful article in Software Development MArch 2000 about the ethics of free software. It pointed out the huge holes in Stallman's reasoning, and also pointed out that without proprietary software, we would never have free software. Even unix started out as proprietary, as we all know :). BSD esp remembers that little tidbit. An interesting point is made that while GPL software does not cost any money, it also comes with ZERo waranty. Commercial software can sometimes be worth it just for the warranty and support alone. Anyway, i didn't want to start another war treading over old ground. But you are correct, i had forgotten about the license, i was thinking more of a technical viewpoint. But your point is a salient one. jm -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org "The physicist's greatest tool is his wastebasket." - Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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