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Date:      Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:14:56 -0800
From:      Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Daniel <bdaniel7@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Fwd: Is Yahoo! moving from FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <200502250014.56532.krinklyfig@spymac.com>
In-Reply-To: <89b41e4705022500045ab60d20@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <89b41e470502240834ba670b1@mail.gmail.com> <200502241648.j1OGm8U09806@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <89b41e4705022500045ab60d20@mail.gmail.com>

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On Friday 25 February 2005 12:04 am, Daniel <bdaniel7@gmail.com> wrote:
> i hardly think that companies that use and enhance FreeBSD adding
> features that they (and maybe others) need, would submit back those
> enhacements - BSD license...

Happens all the time - the goodwill is stronger than the license, or 
maybe it's because submitting improvements helps create a better OS for 
that company, as well as everyone else. Apple and Yahoo! are two 
notable examples.

- jt



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