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Subject: Re: Fwd: Is Yahoo! moving from FreeBSD?
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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