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Date:      Mon, 4 May 1998 08:40:45 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, Nicole <freelist@webweaver.net>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD advocacy list <FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: InfoWorld Electric: Linux Zealots Trashing FreeBSD, Berkeley
Message-ID:  <19980504084045.C356@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <19980504010604.28183@follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Mon, May 04, 1998 at 01:06:04AM %2B0200
References:  <199805030318.VAA15026@lariat.lariat.org> <XFMail.980503144012.freelist@webweaver.net> <19980504004828.35746@follo.net> <19980504083310.B356@freebie.lemis.com> <19980504010604.28183@follo.net>

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On Mon,  4 May 1998 at  1:06:04 +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 08:33:10AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
>> On Mon,  4 May 1998 at  0:48:28 +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote:
>>> They don't have to explictly state that it is FreeBSD, but there are a
>>> LOT of credits they _do_ have to state.  Read through the source
>>> sometime.
>>>
>>> One example: They have to credit the University of California at
>>> Berkeley, even in their advertisements.  This example is in
>>> /usr/src/COPYRIGHT.
>>
>> Right.  When did you last see this mentioned *anywhere* in System V.4?
>> You can bet your bottom dollar that Microsoft wouldn't be any better.
>
> Then we're dealing with license violation.  I don't think GPLing
> something will help you if you assume the license will be violated.

Sure.  This wasn't supposed to be an argument for the GPL.

> Of course, the GPL is viral, and as a such might be more scary.  A
> neat hack might be to create a BSD-style license which goes viral if
> violated :-)

You still need to get the source.

Greg
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