Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:35:54 EDT From: Bsdguru@aol.com To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Query: How to tell if Microsoft is using BSD TCP/IP code? Message-ID: <11b.eff6ca.286cd30a@aol.com>
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In a message dated 06/28/2001 12:23:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, wes@softweyr.com writes: > > Personally I don't care much about BSD vs. GPL and am > > annoyed by Microsoft's hypocricy (sp?). The fact that > > they're using open source software is great. > > That was the point I was trying to make. Rather than be annoyed by this, > it should be splashed across /., lwn, etc. But I'm not gonna do it. > Maybe ESR will if you tell him. > I dont think that microsoft is being hypocritical. They dont generally say that open source has no value, only that they dont agree that its a viable strategy for marketing commercial products. I dont think that the fact that they use some code as a base for their products contradicts that position at all. Bryan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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