From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 8 23:33:49 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA18746 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:33:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from frmug.org (frmug-gw.frmug.org [193.56.58.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA18739 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:33:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by frmug.org (8.9.1/frmug-2.3/nospam) with UUCP id IAA29814 for chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 08:33:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix, from userid 101) id 65F431516; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 08:16:06 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 08:16:06 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL *again* (was: New CODA release) Message-ID: <19990209081606.A3013@keltia.freenix.fr> Mail-Followup-To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <4.1.19990208123300.04582220@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990208133546.04530e80@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990208133546.04530e80@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 01:38:42PM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT/ELF ctm#5026 AMD-K6 MMX @ 200 MHz Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org According to Brett Glass: > hypocritical. The GPL seeks to stamp out exactly the sort of free exchange > of ideas (and code!) that I (and most of the folks present here) advocate, Not exactly. The GPL wants to _force_ you to share it, whether you want it or not. That's not freedom in my book and why I don't like it. I've been involved in some discussions about the GPL in the french hierarchy fr.* and that was what I told GPL proponents. At least the BSD licence is consistent with its use of 'freedom'... -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #69: Mon Jan 18 02:02:12 CET 1999 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message