Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 02:26:50 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: abelits@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us (Alex Belits) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, jlemon@americantv.com, jooji@webnology.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Producing non-GPLed tools for FreeBSD Message-ID: <199810220226.TAA14347@usr01.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.02A.9810211900420.19006-100000@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us> from "Alex Belits" at Oct 21, 98 07:03:11 pm
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> > > > So you could argue that the GPL is just another form of an NDA. > > > > > > I don't want to know, what do you smoke, but please, explain, what kind > > > of disclosure of the GPL'ed source is prohibited by GPL? > > > > Disclosure of binaries without source code. 8-). > > *Lack* of disclosure of the source code with binaries disclosure is > prohibited, not the disclosure itself. That's what I said. > Just lack of attribution in the case of BSD license. Not that this belongs here, but I never claimed that the BSD license claim credit clause (which you will notice is not present in much of the new FreeBSD code because of the credit stacking issue) wasn't a restriction, only that forcing me to become an FTP repository or to ship 3 floppies instead of 1, is a restriction. If the theory behind the GPL really worked in practice, Microsoft Word would be under GPL, and the Sovereign Nation Of Texas would be asking for advice on how to convert from capitalism to socialism. Not that this belongs here. A: "Come the revolution, we will all drive big black cars; Come the revolution, we will all smoke big cigars; Come the revolution, we will all have a blonde on each arm." B: "What happens if I don't *want* to drive around in a big black car, smoking a big cigar, with a blonde on each arm?" A: "Come the revolution, you'll do as you're damn well told." Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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