From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Feb 13 01:19:55 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA16054 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 01:19:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp03.wxs.nl (smtp03.wxs.nl [195.121.6.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA16049 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 01:19:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.56.62]) by smtp03.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.61) with ESMTP id AAA3A45; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:19:51 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990212205236.03ebb7c0@mail.lariat.org> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:29:12 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Brett Glass Subject: Re: BSD Not Compatible With GPL? Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, "Jason C. Wells" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 13-Feb-99 Brett Glass wrote: > At 04:45 PM 2/12/99 -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: > >>http://www.slashdot.org/articles/99/02/12/0939216.shtml >> >>Funny, opensource.org says that BSD and GPL are both "opensource". Now >>FSF says that the advertising clause (recently pointed out in this >>forum) is not compatible with GPL. > > We can expect the FSF, and Stallman in particular, to become bolder as > Linux grows more popular. They will both appropriate code without > proper permission and seek to prevent others from using it. We > may even see the FSF begin to take out software patents and license > them ONLY to people who write code that's licensed under the GPL. I'll be the first to raise my voice against that, since that kind of practice would really be akin to any commercial company's bag o' dirty tricks. > Stallman claims that the purpose of the GPL is to make code "free," > unlike that of Microsoft. Any fool who becomes to passioned about a item dear to it is a madman ready to snap. We call it `baby-cherising' at work when a worker can't release a project he's been working on to a multitude of people. --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven join #FreeBSD on Undernet asmodai(at)wxs.nl This is my Truth, tell me your's... Network/Security Specialist *BSD: Powered by Knowledge & Know-how To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message