From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 13 00:08:45 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21023DAA for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:08:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brett@lariat.net) Received: from lariat.net (lariat.net [66.62.230.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC5198FC0C for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:08:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Toshi.lariat.net (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.net@lariat.net [66.119.58.2] (may be forged)) by lariat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA29585; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:08:27 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <201211130008.RAA29585@lariat.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:08:25 -0700 To: Robin Björklin , users@dragonflybsd.org, netbsd-users@netbsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, misc@openbsd.org From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Unified BSD? In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:08:45 -0000 You seem to be laboring under the misapprehension that the Linux world is unified. It isn't. The big difference between Linux and the BSDs is that it alienates itself from the BSDs and many other projects by using a viral, business-hostile license. The BSDs can draw on one another's work because there are no licensing barriers between them. --Brett Glass