From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Oct 6 17:27:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA09190 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 17:27:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA09025 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 17:26:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.7]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA11527; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 01:25:48 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woof.lan.awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id BAA01079; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 01:10:41 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199810070010.BAA01079@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: WHS , tech@openbsd.org, misc@openbsd.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GGI In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 05 Oct 1998 13:10:29 PDT." <14541.907618229@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 01:10:41 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I didn't want a license debate, more a statement like: 'if libggi = LGPL > > then GGI won't be standard on BSD and very likely, in my view, won't be > > used by many people'. Which from the rest of your mail I see is the > > case. > > Well, if it's not used by many people then, again, this will be for > reasons other than the license. I don't think most people actually > care that much about the license when it comes down to the practical > merits, it being far (FAR) more of a time--and-interest issue. [.....] There are a number that do though. I'm involved on a time-and-interest basis, but, given a choice, anything that rhymes with GPL is to be avoided (your rantings are noticed JD). *GPL is better than commercial, but IMHO, FreeBSD should try to avoid (in licensing terms) becoming like Linux. It's got way too much to gain from the Yes & Whistles of this world. > - Jordan -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message