Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 19:58:00 -0500 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel driver doc's Take 2. Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.0.20010324194115.02732960@mail.etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <20010324161906.M5821@ohm.physics.purdue.edu> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20010324155127.03daa8a0@mail.etinc.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20010324150424.03bc3900@mail.etinc.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20010324142928.03a8b9d0@mail.etinc.com> <200103241731.SAA49447@info.iet.unipi.it> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103241319260.11101-100000@sasami.jurai.net> <5.0.0.25.0.20010324142928.03a8b9d0@mail.etinc.com> <20010324144844.K5821@ohm.physics.purdue.edu> <5.0.0.25.0.20010324150424.03bc3900@mail.etinc.com> <20010324151237.L5821@ohm.physics.purdue.edu> <5.0.0.25.0.20010324155127.03daa8a0@mail.etinc.com>
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At 04:19 PM 03/24/2001, Will Andrews wrote: >On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 04:12:34PM -0500, Dennis wrote: > > For your info, Bub, what makes the BSD license attractive is its usability > > by commercial vendors, so maybe you should go play in Linuxland because > > you are the one in the wrong camp, not me. the ability to take code, > fix it > > and incorporate it into a product WITHOUT giving back source is the ENTIRE > > CONCEPT of the BSD license. > >Obviously so, but it serves no point to complain about an opensource >driver's problem on an opensource list if you're going to fix it in your >proprietary tree, say you did so, and not pass it on. Since nobody else >gets to see your "fix", it won't solve a thing, for you or FreeBSD. Its not a "proprietary tree". I dont have time to clean it up and submit patches. "hackers" doesnt imply "open-souce". This is a "general technical discussion" list, according to freebsd.org. db To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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