From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 19 18:46:27 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 058F1106564A for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:46:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mat.macy@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEFE58FC0C for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:46:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mat.macy@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so850090ywe.13 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:46:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=CEsV847o9JS7EB+Jv+bsY0mDjeeJmW9uO31nonnUUU4=; b=cdtyH23k9QZ23bDSXd/dGROGo7lbz5YvObx0t1JR2J119kQtKVihvf+UBzXmzUYAXi ha0R2DKrwNsZ3lFz2iEtZkLqopLT7S359hhIiAx2sOxud9CHgjcolz9URj4bPbWlXv26 Ix4j6vYMpq6fCzWYB2wK0+KbczA0SMU2sLGfc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=mB2aYdsg+9G4GFupXQMThfF7RxCPsvgxMS8zsX3hWUKLNsKFkDrSjEpwVlpN+XuHjO ZoE9IkcuUJIxz12X46X7U4L8NV9tL2+nrMFqn9TCmTv9jCr9FqBEFNH7izkGmXf9F9RE J0T5pFMMI9KUYJc8QRDobIIEkxBHWg2vEkWSA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: mat.macy@gmail.com Received: by 10.100.178.4 with SMTP id a4mr4296385anf.161.1245437186074; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:46:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090619182326.GX12531@manor.msen.com> References: <735E59909DEB44AF92825EA7C65CF430@ionicoffice.ionic.co.uk> <200906190623.10417.andres@msu.edu> <20090619182326.GX12531@manor.msen.com> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:46:26 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 5d48ca5a3d97609b Message-ID: <3c1674c90906191146x551e70cdl564e6a0d59941484@mail.gmail.com> From: Kip Macy To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Open Vs Free BSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:46:27 -0000 Individuals in each of the camps (Free, Open, Net) are frequently deeply invested in their platforms of choice to the point where they identify with them. In addition, many if not most of us are only familiar with one of them. Thus, it isn't really fair to ask us to compare the three. You will enjoy more success by asking each of the three projects what their respective strengths are. Cheers, Kip