Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 06:31:21 +1000 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: GNU/FreeBSD (was: BSD, .Net comments - any reponse to this reasoning?) Message-ID: <20010707063121.E1368@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3B412280.ED210541@mail.ptd.net>; from tms2@mail.ptd.net on Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 09:40:16PM -0400 References: <20010630174743.A85268@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010630173455.T344@teleport.com> <20010701032900.A93049@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010701132353.W344@teleport.com> <20010702152649.A18127@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010702180222.A2667@hades.hell.gr> <3B412280.ED210541@mail.ptd.net>
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On Monday, 2 July 2001 at 21:40:16 -0400, Thomas M. Sommers wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> >>> So what you are saying, then, is that 'Free Software' in the FSF definition >>> is not just GPL'ed, but also has the copyright signed over to the FSF so >>> they can 'insure' that the code will remain forever GPL'ed? If so, that is >>> damn scary. >> >> Yup. Thats the idea. See what Stallman has said for XEmacs >> [ quote taken from XEmacs site, URL: >> http://www.xemacs.org/About/XEmacsVsGNUemacs.html ] >> >> The FSF Point of View >> >> Richard Stallman writes: >> >> XEmacs is GNU software because it's a modified version of a >> GNU program. And it is GNU software because the FSF is the >> copyright holder for most of it, and therefore the legal >> responsibility for protecting its free status falls on us >> whether we want it or not. This is why the term "GNU XEmacs" >> is legitimate. >> > > There seems to be a hidden clause in the GPL, that requires anyone who > incorporates any GNU code in their program, or uses any GNU code to > build their program, or ships any GNU code with their program, to call > their program "GNU <something or other>". How long before Stallman > starts talking about "GNU FreeBSD"? He's done that. But he was talking about a BSD which would have almost only GNU userland. People keep talking about a Debian GNU/FreeBSD, for example. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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