From owner-freebsd-chat Fri May 15 18:19:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA11344 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 15 May 1998 18:19:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA11338; Fri, 15 May 1998 18:19:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA15070; Fri, 15 May 1998 20:19:07 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199805160119.UAA15070@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: commercial software (definitive) In-Reply-To: <355ce6f6.76496841@mail.cetlink.net> from John Kelly at "May 16, 98 01:16:50 am" To: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 20:19:07 -0500 (EST) Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Fri, 15 May 1998 16:03:11 -0500 (EST), "John S. Dyson" > wrote: > > >Again, working on GPLed code isn't a sin or anything like that, > >but it is important to understand what the limitations are. > > The limitations appear to be imaginary. Red Hat and Caldera don't > seem to have trouble selling products which include GPLed code. > They aren't inventing very much. The limitations have to do with the redistribution encumberances placed upon inventions derived associated with GPLed works (among others.) They have made a tradeoff that interferes with conventional business plans. It is their problem, and doesn't bother me. John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message