From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jul 16 18:18:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA00415 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 18:18:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [205.153.153.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA00408 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 18:18:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from desktop-pentium (dialup630.serv.net [207.207.65.30]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA06282; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 18:16:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980716181623.00810cc0@mx.serv.net> X-Sender: fewtch@mx.serv.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 18:16:23 -0700 To: Sean Harding , pirat sriyotha From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: Re: Difference between Linux and FreeBSD Cc: David Knapp , "newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 07:56 PM 7/15/98 -0700, Sean Harding wrote: >On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, pirat sriyotha wrote: > >> FreeBSD is free. > >So is Linux. Linux is free monetarily, but constrained in certain ways by the GPL. In other words, it doesn't cost anything to use, but there are some regulations you have to follow regarding distribution of source code, etc. AFAIK, there literally are none with FreeBSD. It might as well be in the public domain, that's how loose the FreeBSD license is, with the exception of the word "BSD" being owned by someone, if I remember correctly. -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message