Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 09:49:11 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@mail.theinternet.com.au> To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: Colin <cwass99@home.com>, Joe Abley <jabley@patho.gen.nz>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Eclipse/BSD Message-ID: <200002102349.JAA60668@mail.theinternet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20000210155149.C478@hades.hell.gr> from Giorgos Keramidas at "Feb 10, 2000 03:51:49 pm"
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+----[ Giorgos Keramidas ]--------------------------------------------- | On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 08:56:09PM -0500, Colin wrote: | > | > As interesting as this looks, unfortunately the license it comes with | > efffectively precludes incorporating it into FreeBSD. The license is | > for single-user non-commercial only. They also included derivative | > works in the restrictions. | | So much for Stallman's efforts to be the meanest man on earth when it | comes to "derivatives". They sure have beat him here :/ I don't think that that is an entirely fair analysis. They are afterall a business, and business units need to justify their existence. If it goes the normal way Lucent goes, Eclipse as a unit (license, staff etc) will be sold off to the highest bidder at some point down the track. -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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