Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:10:52 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org>, Jeremy Karlson <karlj000@unbc.ca>, Craig Harding <crh@outpost.co.nz>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop
Message-ID:  <3C1FA2CC.B0CDD474@mindspring.com>
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20011217222907.028403b0@localhost> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0112180119550.29122-100000@ugrad.unbc.ca> <4.3.2.7.2.20011218095233.028ea920@localhost> <20011218193510.A23697@tisys.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20011218124903.02874100@localhost>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Brett Glass wrote:
> Dare we risk this? Remember, the FSF owns the code 100%. If Richard
> and Brad say that it to be licensed in a particular way it does
> not matter what anyone else would like. Their recent remarks suggest
> that they are merely waiting for what they feel is an opportune
> moment. They have stated, in a recent interview posted on Slashdot,
> the FSF's official stance: that programmers should not be ALLOWED to
> publish code under any license other than the GPL.

Too late, we already have the old code under the old license; we
can just fork their project on them, if it comes down to a license
change.

-- Terry

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3C1FA2CC.B0CDD474>