Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 01:35:49 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Opposing" the "competition" (was: FreeBSD spokesman (was: So what happens to FreeBSD now?)) Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010706013412.04490750@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010706103257.B6349@hades.hell.gr> References: <15173.2796.630368.467005@guru.mired.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010705135915.00bb8a80@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010705125524.04502690@localhost> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107031644410.16320-100000@z.glue.umd.edu> <20010703134058.A9446@mooseriver.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010705171812.04523b00@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010705162529.04521930@localhost> <15172.52545.788676.736485@guru.mired.org> <xzp3d8bui25.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <15173.2796.630368.467005@guru.mired.org>
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At 01:32 AM 7/6/2001, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >Does this remind anyone else of the word 'discrimination' ? Very much so! >I am not sure, but I think that you can't say 'public domain' and >'this and that cannot use the code'. It's either in the public >domain, and everyone can use it as they see fit, or it isn't and only >a few selected people can use it. Or, to put it another way, either it's truly free or it's not. GPLed software isn't truly free at all, because, as you've noted, a specific group is singled out for discriminatory treatment. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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