From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Oct 21 19:27:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA14858 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:27:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp03.primenet.com (smtp03.primenet.com [206.165.6.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA14852 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:27:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert@usr01.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA03715; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:27:00 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr01.primenet.com(206.165.6.201) via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpd003686; Wed Oct 21 19:26:51 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA14347; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:26:50 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199810220226.TAA14347@usr01.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Producing non-GPLed tools for FreeBSD To: abelits@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us (Alex Belits) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 02:26:50 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, jlemon@americantv.com, jooji@webnology.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Alex Belits" at Oct 21, 98 07:03:11 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > > 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