Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 13:35:49 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPFilter not free software? Message-ID: <20010530133549.O57297@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <NCBBLIEPOCNJOAEKBEAKMEGLPGAA.davids@webmaster.com>; from davids@webmaster.com on Wed, May 30, 2001 at 03:41:44AM -0700 References: <20010530123254.L57297@lpt.ens.fr> <NCBBLIEPOCNJOAEKBEAKMEGLPGAA.davids@webmaster.com>
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David Schwartz said on May 30, 2001 at 03:41:44: > > > I guess that's the problem I have. The TCP/IP networking is a feature > > of the BSD code which Microsoft used. The way I read the clause, > > advertising the features and use of the internet tools in Windows > > is advertising the features and use of BSD code, without naming it. > > You can't advertise something without mentioning it. That is, if you say "BSD", you have to follow the advertising clause; not otherwise. > Seems to make what all meaningless? You don't think it's important to > protect, for example, the connection between BSD and Berkeley? Certainly that's important. But that would happen anyway, it seems to me. > And would you > rather Microsoft credits Berkeley for its misfeatures just because it uses > BSD code to implement them? That's a different matter. As I said, I think the advertising clause was a bad idea in any case. - R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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