From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Aug 21 13:51:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 367DD37B424 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 13:51:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 13QyXx-000DJI-00; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:51:53 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA20607; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:51:52 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:51:52 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: Brett Glass Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPL v. BSD and fragmentation Message-ID: <20000821215151.A20205@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000821110604.04ba5920@localhost> <200008151718.e7FHIbb13082@mail.hiwaay.net> <20000821144137.D13975@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20000821110604.04ba5920@localhost> <20000821182156.A17647@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20000821130958.05baccd0@localhost> <20000821202743.A19458@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20000821133445.05ba7200@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000821133445.05ba7200@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 01:40:30PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i just realized that if someone works on a project and then signs it to the GPL, then not only have they given up the right to their code, but also the right to make a living by selling enhancements. also, (and this is the scary part) they destroy the motivation for anyone else to ever begin a competing product. wow. jcm -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message