Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 08:03:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Diekhans <markd@Grizzly.COM> To: proff@suburbia.net, avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: rsync Message-ID: <199607021503.IAA01591@Grizzly.COM> In-Reply-To: <29566.836259917@time.cdrom.com> (jkh@time.cdrom.com)
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>> I whole-heartedly support the GPL philosophy. Even though it has gone >> out of vouge. New information is built on and from existing information. >> The speed that information evolves in complexity and function is >> directly related how available it is. Retardation of information flows >> decreases the efficiency and efficacity of human knowledge. > >Uh, I sense an impending GPL debate and I think that it would be most >unwise to do so in the -hackers mailing list; we have more than enough >traffic as it is. :-( Paul Mackerras is a very smart and reasonable guy. Other software he created and made public available was under a BSD style copyright (Tk photo widget). Perhaps the best approach is to present a reasoned argument about why this software should be available under a difference copyright directly to the authors? Mark
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