From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 21 16:21:58 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 21 16:21:57 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from chopper.Poohsticks.ORG (chopper.poohsticks.org [63.227.60.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E88537B400 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:21:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from chopper.Poohsticks.ORG (drew@localhost.poohsticks.org [127.0.0.1]) by chopper.Poohsticks.ORG (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBM0Luh12696 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 2000 17:21:56 -0700 Message-Id: <200012220021.eBM0Luh12696@chopper.Poohsticks.ORG> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux, Solaris, and NT In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 21 Dec 2000 19:00:55 EST." <5.0.0.25.0.20001221184852.03ceab10@mail.etinc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <12692.977444515.1@chopper.Poohsticks.ORG> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 17:21:55 -0700 From: Drew Eckhardt Sender: drew@chopper.Poohsticks.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <5.0.0.25.0.20001221184852.03ceab10@mail.etinc.com>, dennis@etinc.co m writes: >Yes but most commercial uses take advantage of the binary distribution >capability of the BSD license AFTER they've poured their corporate dollars >into enhancements. With linux you have to give your work away, making it >much less useful. To be pedantic, you only need to provide source for works derived from GPL'd software which in this case means the kernel propper. User land applications and device drivers may be shipped in binary-only form because they are separate works, even when distributed in aggregation with GPL'd software. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message