Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 17:34:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@bluemtn.net> To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IPFilter licence update Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106061730440.94127-100000@sdmail0.sd.bmarts.com> In-Reply-To: <003801c0ecf7$0d0236a0$3028680a@tgt.com>
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I removed Darren from the CC list as I don't think he really needs to be in on this discussion.... On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > While meaning no disrespect to Darren with this followup. What good does a > signed memorandum with FreeBSD do if I decide at some point (which I won't) > to take the FreeBSD source and branch it into my own variant? This is how > the various BSDs came about in the first place. It does seem rather > restrictive of a license for the FreeBSD core system. Why can't this be > released under the BSD license? <abestos_suit> It's not released under a BSD license because he doesn't want to. His perogative. We have some much more restrictive licenses (ie GPL) in the base OS and no one complains about them. </abestos_suit> There, that's all I have to say about the topic. I'll go back to lurking. -gordon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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