Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 12:17:10 -0500 From: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Buying vs. "Buying in" Message-ID: <20001004121710.C24813@peorth.iteration.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20001004105835.05042c10@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 11:01:36AM -0600 References: <200010022148.OAA11591@usr05.primenet.com> <200010022000.OAA18288@nomad.yogotech.com> <200010022148.OAA11591@usr05.primenet.com> <20001004114506.A24813@peorth.iteration.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20001004105835.05042c10@localhost>
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On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 11:01:36AM -0600, Brett Glass scribbled: | >If you buy a new machine from Telenet with FreeBSD or BSD/OS, | >I think it would be supported... | >But, are you buying FreeBSD when you do an FTP install? The above is sarcasm. It is not a real question. | No; if you do the latter, it's more like buying INto something Please do not reinterpret something that does not need to reinterpreted. For example, there is no act of "buying" when you do an FTP install, whether it be "buying or buying into." It is a conscious choice when you accept the BSDL. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. | than buying a product. This is true of all cooperatively | developed and maintained software. The sense of community is | vital to the whole thing. This is why territoriality in such | situations is so ungood. Territoriality in Bill Joy gave BSD its TCP/IP stack. -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | keichii@peorth.iteration.net | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net | | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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