Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:40:46 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, 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: <20010706104045.C6349@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010706013412.04490750@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 01:35:49AM -0600 References: <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> <20010706103257.B6349@hades.hell.gr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010706013412.04490750@localhost>
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-----Original Message----- From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Subject: Re: "Opposing" the "competition" (was: FreeBSD spokesman (was: So what happens to FreeBSD now?)) Date: Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 01:35:49AM -0600 > At 01:32 AM 7/6/2001, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > >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. Actually, it was not GPL I was referring to, but those 'pre-GPL' people described by Mike that would say 'this is public domain, and all can use it, except for so and so...'. -giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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