From owner-freebsd-current Mon Mar 9 04:00:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA26575 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 04:00:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA26567 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 04:00:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karl@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (karl@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id FAA24909; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 05:39:43 -0600 (CST) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id FAA00245; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 05:39:42 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19980309053942.36537@mcs.net> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 05:39:42 -0600 From: Karl Denninger To: John Kelly Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Someone needs to re-develop "Softupdates" References: <19980308191111.08309@mcs.net> <35034f2e.134015736@mail.cetlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <35034f2e.134015736@mail.cetlink.net>; from John Kelly on Mon, Mar 09, 1998 at 02:14:48AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Mar 09, 1998 at 02:14:48AM +0000, John Kelly wrote: > On Sun, 8 Mar 1998 19:11:11 -0600, Karl Denninger > wrote: > > >According to Kirk, if someone wants to use it in a "Production ISP System" > >(to cite one of his examples) they need to negotiate a license from him. > > > >To use a single word Kirk: NO. > > >That's nothing short of incredible, if you ask me. > > It's amazing how some of the same people who decry commercializing > FreeBSD with donor control of funding have no objection to Kirk's > commercial hooks. > > Score 1 for the GPL. > > -- > Browser war over, Mozilla now free. I have no problem with HONEST representation of a license or copyright. I have a SERIOUS problem with a copyright which says "Use this all you want, but if you embed it in something, you have to give away source to that something", when that is NOT what the author means. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message