Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 01:40:26 -0500 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's momentum and future prospects Message-ID: <20021222064026.GA421@papagena.rockefeller.edu> In-Reply-To: <20021222034806.GA34537@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > I recently read that the new Mandrake licensing plans for commercial will > allow modification of the source without requiring they be released. The > article remarks how much that is like the BSD license. ITYM this issue: http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=186 If so, (a) it's not about linux itself, (b) even so, you totally misunderstood him. The licensing for linux (the kernel) and other GPL software can't be changed. Once GPL, always GPL, unless you buy out the copyright holder, which in this is case is impossible (far too many copyright holders). As an aside, I think this topic is about as useful as an argument on "Linux's momentum and future prospects" (vis-a-vis, say, Microsoft) -- that is, not useful at all. From an end-user viewpoint, BSD vs GPL flamewars are equally useless. FreeBSD will survive. Linux will survive. Use what you like... R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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