Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 09:31:11 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: diff is a little diff -- erent Message-ID: <20200830093111.f01752b7958f39a8d8d6ed98@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <CAOgwaMuT_Z7HsUN_SE7Na%2BKMfBmD=HA4A3S1U3FLnY98yC_GAw@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.2008260122071.73252@bucksport.safeport.com> <20200826094948.333c67b0.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.2008261131320.73252@bucksport.safeport.com> <CAOgwaMv4ofq6oPbmN9RznPquPn-v3sKzbxkgLaRht1RxdcEbpw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.2008261223340.73252@bucksport.safeport.com> <CAOgwaMtWcNkXe1n%2BDG9Xmv8uWnHEs0VrTM2OpgwMBGULLxs--A@mail.gmail.com> <20200829171622180444664@bob.proulx.com> <CAOgwaMvtnO4Rhbi9j9tiX36uL6PzW0ekXQL%2BQXkw_senLTfLKQ@mail.gmail.com> <20200830082621.b38ce63f5c97b580f843503a@sohara.org> <CAOgwaMuT_Z7HsUN_SE7Na%2BKMfBmD=HA4A3S1U3FLnY98yC_GAw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 11:04:52 +0300 Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> wrote: > If there are GPL parts in the base system , no one can use ( FreeBSD > operating system base ) as a part of > any proprietary ( closed source ) system which is not an acceptable > situation for companies attempting to produce a commercial product > depending on FreeBSD base system . Or indeed succeeding in doing so, my current employer is one such a previous employer was another. Neither are small companies. > This means it is likely that they will not need to support the FreeBSD > project . But they do, in both cases by employing committers and other developers, contributing fixes to the core FreeBSD code, sending people to conferences to talk and of course financial contributions of one sort or another. All of these activities are of direct benefit to any company that depends on the FreeBSD codebase. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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