Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:54:26 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, arch@FreeBSD.org, romeo@montague.vs.capulet.bsdconspiracy.net Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? Message-ID: <395AD682.C49C2845@softweyr.com> References: <39593307.B752A758@softweyr.com> <3958502D.DF9729BD@gorean.org> <200006242153.OAA01110@h4.private> <200006270615.AAA31842@harmony.village.org> <200006270725.BAA32822@harmony.village.org> <200006271418.IAA04077@nomad.yogotech.com> <200006272329.RAA50325@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote:
>
> In message <39593307.B752A758@softweyr.com> Wes Peters writes:
> : If we continue to migrate important parts of FreeBSD to licenses more
> : restrictive than the BSD license, we may find ourselves losing embedded
> : design wins to other BSD systems. If that's what the FreeBSD user base
> : wants, so be it, but I suspect it is at odds with the wants and needs
> : of Whistle, Nokia, Apple (maybe), and BSDi (in particular).
>
> While I am arguing about th Artistic license, I think you are right.
That is certainly included in the set of "licenses more restrictive than
the BSD license." So is practically everything else but the Beer Ware
License, and even THAT makes the bean-counters queasy. "How many beers
do we owe him? How do we pay these beers? When are the beers due?"
Damned beancounters.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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