From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Dec 21 22:40:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF03E37B401 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 22:40:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84BD143EE5 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 22:40:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsidd@papagena.rockefeller.edu) Received: from user-0cev11k.cable.mindspring.com ([24.239.132.52] helo=bluerondo.a.la.turk) by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18Pzmn-0004aX-00 for chat@freebsd.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 22:40:30 -0800 Received: (qmail 454 invoked by uid 1001); 22 Dec 2002 06:40:26 -0000 Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 01:40:26 -0500 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's momentum and future prospects Message-ID: <20021222064026.GA421@papagena.rockefeller.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021222034806.GA34537@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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