From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 2 08:09:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA13870 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jul 1996 08:09:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scruz.net (nic.scruz.net [165.227.1.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA13858 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 1996 08:09:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Grizzly.COM by scruz.net (8.7.3/1.34) id IAA02668; Tue, 2 Jul 1996 08:08:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from markd@localhost) by Grizzly.COM (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA01591; Tue, 2 Jul 1996 08:03:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 08:03:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199607021503.IAA01591@Grizzly.COM> From: Mark Diekhans To: proff@suburbia.net, avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org CC: jkh@time.cdrom.com In-reply-to: <29566.836259917@time.cdrom.com> (jkh@time.cdrom.com) Subject: Re: rsync Reply-to: med@scruznet.com Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> 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