Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 20:06:51 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20001201190318.044f4a60@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20001201114509.B61418@lpt.ens.fr> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20001130170310.049eb740@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20001129121021.049b31b0@localhost> <200011300548.WAA05850@usr08.primenet.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20001130170310.049eb740@localhost>
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At 03:45 AM 12/1/2000, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: >Brett Glass said on Nov 30, 2000 at 17:10:40: >> >> Also, proponents of the GPL are now opting for an expanded >> requirement based on the notion of "performance for profit." >> Just running the code in a situation where you made money >> from it would trigger a requirement to forfeit one's work. > >Typical Brett bullshit. What some proponents of GPL are suggesting >is that the GPL should cover ASP's -- people who don't distribute >the code itself in either source or binary form, but set it up on >their server and allow other people should use it via the web. This is not the only situation they want it to cover. See the text of Bruce Perens' speech at the February 2000 LinuxWorld. Like Stallman, he explicitly states a desire to use the GPL as a "lever" to force as many people and companies as possible to forfeit their work. This goes MUCH farther than ASPs. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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