Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 12:05:30 -0600 From: ainvar@enteract.com To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail going commercial, and ? Message-ID: <19980318120528.46995@enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <199803180614.BAA16353@dyson.iquest.net>; from John S. Dyson on Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 01:14:43AM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980317231402.3664A-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> <199803180614.BAA16353@dyson.iquest.net>
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--rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 01:14:43AM -0500, John S. Dyson wrote: > As a member of -core, (but not officially speaking for -core) I can say > that we *like* commercial software. However, we also don't want (and > will not allow) a slippery slope to happen such that critical run-time > pieces of FreeBSD will become commercially encumbered (such as GPL or worse.) ... > Again, we *must* keep the license(s) for the base system as simple and > free as possible. Tricky or confusing licenses scare corporate lawyers > (and smart business people) away. The FreeBSD core team can not > allow tricky, confusing, or non-BSD-style licenses into the BASE system > code. This attitude has nothing to do with philosophy, but mostly has > to do with long term survival of the project. What about the GNU C Compiler? I would consider it part of the base system. Unfortunately it is very difficult to write a new C compiler, so it appears that we are stuck with GPL in at least one part.. Looking forward to a 100% BSD system.. -Matt --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNRAM2zb5Q8E1KAKlAQFh5AP/U5DIpWzULYwGc4QV8XrCUwnomJfZL0lA xyL4h6JPatrZ89gXLEmCllq1tWO/aKZHtswbwcHFa1Yl+34t0zs+nJODWgadDcTq SQ9rC1D2fk8Lg1OwGGFJzjO0CslSWC6BCFH2AFEE9bQ6KLTrMOmStPeF8x3H2AO/ mkuXQl9WH7s= =tTGB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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