From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 11 08:20:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B42E1065673 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:20:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E86D38FC20 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:20:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd2ml1so-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.141.139]) by pd3mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 11 Mar 2009 02:20:20 -0600 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=41_0yJxXQczCSdvGoA4A:9 a=gZR3TuYPHG4xC0yV6WQA:7 a=ndCSL2W5XocmyPm0qMRm3InKsD0A:4 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom.home) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd2ml1so-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 11 Mar 2009 02:20:20 -0600 Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FFEE1701E for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:20:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:20:18 -0700 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090311012018.2075c3d9@gom.home> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: bsd vs gpl X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:20:21 -0000 i've not paid much attention to licensing philosophy i the past, because for me it was always windoze vs the goodguys. however, recently i've become aware of there being a chasm within the goodguys in that the bsd attitude is do what you want as long as you give credit to the creator, whereas the gpl folks say do what you want as long as you keep it free. is this a fair summation? do people here have any thoughts on the two different licenses? -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's