From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 5 21:24:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from bytor.rush.net (bytor.rush.net [209.45.245.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C513914DF1 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 1999 21:24:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lynch@rush.net) Received: from localhost (lynch@localhost) by bytor.rush.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA25372; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 00:23:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 00:23:40 -0500 (EST) From: Pat Lynch To: Brett Glass Cc: Christopher Masto , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Guess we've lost the server market too...? In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990304170339.0404c800@localhost> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The point is this : we can gain technical insights on IBM hardware (rs/6k) from GPLed drivers, we've already done it. -Pat ___________________________________________________________________________ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net Systems Administrator Rush Networking "Wow, everyone looks different in Real Life (tm)"- Nathan Dorfman meeting people at FUNY ___________________________________________________________________________ On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > At 10:16 AM 3/4/99 -0500, Christopher Masto wrote: > > >As for the other interpretation of your comment, there is a very > >_positive_ aspect of Linux running on IBM computers that I'm sure some > >people would prefer not to admit. Linux is GPLed software. If IBM > >has to change Linux to work with their hardware, they have to publish > >the source code. This means that we will have access to it. > > No can do. If you use the GPLed source, you're creating a derivative > work that must also be GPLed. > > >This whole attitude that we can't coexist peacefully with Linux is > >annoying. > > Unfortunately, that's the attitude of those promoting and developing Linux. > > --Brett > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message