Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 22:23:35 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Michael Carr" <sphaleotas@blueyonder.co.uk>, "FreeBSD Chat" <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RMS says: "Use BSD, for goodness sake!" Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20030626222202.02c9b560@localhost> In-Reply-To: <005801c3535b$72d1fe80$59eb30d5@pbncomputer> References: <026301c352eb$1e5b54c0$2aed30d5@pbncomputer> <4.3.2.7.2.20030625214311.00e5e240@localhost> <20030626070537.GB91605@droso.net>
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At 03:50 AM 7/26/2003, Michael Carr wrote:
>What's interesting is that Stallman asserts a GPL'd kernel wouldn't be
>necessary to any "GNU operating system" ("Today, GNU runs with various
>kernels . . . It is basically the same system, whichever kernel you use"),
>and that at no point does he assert the moral or political necessity for a
>copylefted mode of licensing, but merely lists provisions common to both the
>GPL and BSDL ("users are free to run it, study it
No, they're not. They can't study GPLed code without risking
"GPL infection."
>and change it . . .
Ditto.
>redistribute it . . .
Not unless they want to give up their rights to their modifications.
--Brett
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