From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jul 9 12:16:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail-srv1.micron.com (masquerade.micron.com [137.201.242.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D44837B40B for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 12:16:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgnovak@micron.com) Received: from mail-srv1.micron.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail-srv1.micron.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA07693 for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 13:16:13 -0600 (MDT) Received: from ntexchange01.micron.com (ntexchange01 [137.201.104.84]) by mail-srv1.micron.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA07674; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 13:16:12 -0600 (MDT) Received: by ntexchange01.micron.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <3M9R2ZHD>; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 13:16:12 -0600 Message-ID: <3607D767B8E1D311A24F0008C7590A960916CD26@ntexchange07.micron.com> From: jgnovak To: "'David Johnson'" Cc: "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: Questions Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 13:16:10 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ok, got to get on my soap box. Proprietary software is evil when: a) it costs a lot of money b) it costs a lot of money and is full of 'bugs' c) is costs a lot of money and is full of 'bugs' and they deny it d) is costs a lot of money and is full of 'bugs' and the deny it, and they try to squish less expensive or free software developers that make a superior product. e) all of the above I answered 'e' to this question (off my soap box) -----Original Message----- From: David Johnson [mailto:djohnson@acuson.com] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 1:06 PM To: Heiko Recktenwald Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message