Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 12:06:14 -0700 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: Heiko Recktenwald <uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions Message-ID: <3B4A00A6.E463FD36@acuson.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107071131330.489-100000@moritz.alleswirdgelber>
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Heiko Recktenwald wrote: > > > And the full source for everything is available and a license so free it > > makes the Linux look miserly. FreeBSD comes with very good > > GNU is something else. I like it subversiv potential ;-) Subversiveness is great if what you are trying to subvert is evil. But proprietary software is not evil (though specific instances of it may be). The GPL starts with a premise that a specific act of sharing is good, erroneously derives that any specific instance of not sharing is evil, then concludes that all proprietary software is evil. This would be like starting from the premise that giving a sandwich to a hungry man is good, and concluding that all delis are evil. > The BSD license is less stress for Bill Gates or Cupertino. That is a Good Thing(tm). Our goal should be to improve FreeBSD, not to sabotage other systems. I see no point or purpose in deliberately stressing Bill and Steve. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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