From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Jun 30 15:23:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from out3.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (out3.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.3.79]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E14037B403 for ; Sat, 30 Jun 2001 15:23:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from pop1.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (pop1.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.2.115]) by out3.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f5ULq1616764; Sat, 30 Jun 2001 16:52:01 -0500 (CDT) Received: from john.execpc.com (d161.as6.nwbl0.wi.voyager.net [169.207.130.35]) by pop1.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f5UMK2K01282; Sat, 30 Jun 2001 17:20:02 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20010630171811.02696a70@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: fpawlak/mail.execpc.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 17:24:44 -0500 To: j mckitrick , freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org From: Frank Pawlak Subject: Re: BSD, .Net comments - any reponse to this reasoning? In-Reply-To: <20010630174743.A85268@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The GPL vs BSD license issue has been debated almost to death on the various comp.unix *. lists and other places. For the interested do a search on John Dyson and you will find all sorts of material. John has engaged in many an argument on the license issue. As to Microsoft getting control of BSD, they would have to acquire all versions of BSD. As I understand it they have and do use BSD based code in their various OS offerings. As to their giving credit for it, I can say as I have never seen their code. Frank At 05:47 PM 6/30/2001 +0100, j mckitrick wrote: >I'm curious to get some thoughts on this. Just when i am convinced BSD is >doing great, i get concerned by material like this. Is this just FUD? > >It seems the GPL became relevant more than ever with the advent of an >everyman's Unix in the face of a dominant, evil software empire. A radical >solution for an overwhelming problem. It is being contended that the BSD >license is too altruistic, ignoring market motivations and expecting the >best when we have seen that most companies do not operate that way. > >Please, someone give me some sound reasoning that can clear the air of this >FUD. > > > >Jonathon >-- >Microsoft complaining about the source license used by >Linux is like the event horizon calling the kettle black. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message