From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Sep 2 15:51:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9787C15BA3 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 15:51:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA18667; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 16:49:58 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19990902163233.00b91890@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 16:49:50 -0600 To: walton@nordicrecords.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Berkeley removes Advertising Clause In-Reply-To: <19990902221136.3481.qmail@modgud.nordicrecords.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The connection is that the GPL (anthropomorphically speaking), and its proponents, are greedy. While they accuse vendors of proprietary software of "hoarding" code, they themselves hoard code under the aegis of the GPL, preventing its practical commercial use. Any change in licensing is regarded as an opportunity to pounce. --Brett Glass At 03:09 PM 9/2/99 -0700, Dave Walton wrote: >Anyone see this item on slashdot? >Someone immediately came to the conclusion that they can now >re-release BSD code under the GPL. I'm not sure I see the >connection... > >Dave > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Dave Walton >Webmaster, Postmaster Nordic Entertainment Worldwide >walton@nordicdms.com http://www.nordicdms.com >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >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