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Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 01:06:04 +0200
From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Nicole <freelist@webweaver.net>,
        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD advocacy list <FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: InfoWorld Electric: Linux Zealots Trashing FreeBSD, Berkeley
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On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 08:33:10AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Mon,  4 May 1998 at  0:48:28 +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote:
> > They don't have to explictly state that it is FreeBSD, but there are a
> > LOT of credits they _do_ have to state.  Read through the source
> > sometime.
> >
> > One example: They have to credit the University of California at
> > Berkeley, even in their advertisements.  This example is in
> > /usr/src/COPYRIGHT.
> 
> Right.  When did you last see this mentioned *anywhere* in System V.4?
> You can bet your bottom dollar that Microsoft wouldn't be any better.

Then we're dealing with license violation.  I don't think GPLing
something will help you if you assume the license will be violated.

Of course, the GPL is viral, and as a such might be more scary.  A
neat hack might be to create a BSD-style license which goes viral if
violated :-)

Eivind.


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