Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 13:31:16 -0400 (EDT) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free VMWare and open BIOS! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9905191327060.4442-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.37.19990519103533.00b3d380@localhost>
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On Wed, 19 May 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > At 12:16 PM 5/19/99 -0400, James Howard wrote: > > >And that is why you should at least email those people involved and show > >them why this (more than most any other software project) should be using > >a Berkeley license. > > I doubt that this would do much good at this point. The page makes very > frequent mention of the fact that the project is being sponsored and > supported by Red Hat. I hope this won't stop you from emailing them. You must have a form letter by now, right? Share it, and we can all voice our opinions on this issue. It's pretty easy, and I'm sure most people in -chat wouldn't mind sending a polite letter explaining why a BSD license would serve them better. Charles > This is the sad and scary thing about the GPL. To paraphrase the old > commercial for insect killer, it checks in but it doesn't check out. > And where it checks in, it destroys livelihoods and alternatives. > > --Brett Glass > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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