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Date:      Tue, 02 Mar 1999 15:19:23 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: "No licensing restrictions?"
Message-ID:  <36DC63EB.3A4AE7E6@softweyr.com>
References:  <4.1.19990302135100.00a0f680@localhost>

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Brett Glass wrote:
> 
> The chart at
> 
> http://www.cdrom.com/~rab/bsd_chart.html
> 
> says, in the bottom box in the middle column, that Linux has "no licensing
> restrictions." This is not so. The GPL severely restricts commercial reuse
> of the code and prevents the addition of customized features by value-added
> resellers unless they give away their work (and, hence, their unique advantage).
> This should be mentioned here.

I believe Linux *does* have SCO binary emulation capability, too.  The chart
should reflect this.

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             Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?

Wes Peters                                                     +1.801.915.2061
Softweyr LLC                                                  wes@softweyr.com


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