From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 17 21:20:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2114F37B41A for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 21:20:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA07070; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:19:55 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20011217221801.02841bc0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:19:50 -0700 To: Craig Harding , chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop In-Reply-To: <3C1ED086.725352BC@outpost.co.nz> References: <20011218121011.E21649@monorchid.lemis.com> <4hzo4hyv3c.o4h@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:13 PM 12/17/2001, Craig Harding wrote: >If the software's better, isn't that the point? Is it really the smart >approach to choose the worse solution to a problem just because of the >license it uses? Absolutely. It means the difference between earning a living and being deprived of one (which is one of the explicit goals of the GPL; see Stallman's "GNU Manifesto"). >It's a matter of history. After so many endless threads over the last >few years on the evils (or otherwise) of the GPL, usually with Brett >Glass endlessly pushing his point of view to allcomers, Not endlessly. But I am persistent because the issue is important and because FreeBSD is already in deep trouble. The GPL camel is already in the tent. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message