From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Nov 22 20:47:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E166151E9 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 20:47:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt8-216-180-14-55.dialup.HiWAAY.net [216.180.14.55]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id WAA05597; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 22:46:30 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA06609; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 22:31:17 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Message-Id: <199911230431.WAA06609@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Brett Glass Cc: greyheart@fnmail.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Your misconceptions about the GPL In-reply-to: Message from Brett Glass of "Mon, 22 Nov 1999 12:43:36 MST." <4.2.0.58.19991122123435.042bf850@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 22:31:17 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Brett Glass writes: > The GPL does not meet the criteria for an open source license. First, > it discriminates against a field of endeavor: the creation of > commercial software. Second, it requires a "fee" before you can > distribute works based upon the software: namely, the forfeiture of > the value of your own code. For both of these reasons, the GPL > is not a legitimate open source license. Brett, you've fallen into the trap layed by the left-wingers of equating "Open Source" with "Freely Redistributable". Any vendor who includes source code with the product is "Open Source" (or should be able to wear such a label). The original Apple ][ PROM monitor was open source as Apple published the listing in the manuals. It was not freely redistributable, and they fought Franklin in the courts for years before winning. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message