From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jul 6 0:41: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D15737B401 for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2001 00:40:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-b102.otenet.gr [195.167.121.230]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f667enH10712; Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:40:50 +0300 (EEST) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.11.4/8.11.3) id f667el307800; Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:40:47 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:40:46 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Brett Glass Cc: Mike Meyer , Dag-Erling Smorgrav , 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> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010705125524.04502690@localhost> <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> <15173.2796.630368.467005@guru.mired.org> <20010706103257.B6349@hades.hell.gr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010706013412.04490750@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i 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 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3A 75 52 EB F1 58 56 0D - C5 B8 21 B6 1B 5E 4A C2 X-URL: http://students.ceid.upatras.gr/~keramida/index.html Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----Original Message----- From: Brett Glass 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