Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 15:33:50 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Fredrik Olausson <fredrik@speechcraft.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The desktop apathy Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010528152841.048833d0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010528114833.G43555@lpt.ens.fr> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010528020324.0487b570@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010527082742.049003f0@localhost> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105252316300.294-100000@molly.telia.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010527082742.049003f0@localhost> <20010527172838.A11174@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010528020324.0487b570@localhost>
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At 03:48 AM 5/28/2001, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: >Well, I myself said that I doubted the BSD license would be suitable. It would be MORE suitable, certainly, than the GPL in that it would not actively destroy businesses. However, a purely commercial model is better still. >Your GPL bogey is really not relevant here. The GPL is not an imaginary "bogey" -- it is a real an serious threat to the viability of businesses. Especially new and small businesses. (Witness Eazel.) The danger of the GPLed desktops is that they will kill off the commercial efforts not by being better but by wrecking the market that those efforts need in order to thrive. >> FVWM is essentially BSD-licensed. It's not exactly tearing up >> the charts. > >Which was my point. However, it does have a non-negligible user base >still. I didn't know about its license. Yes, it does have a non-negigible user base and would be a great start for a desktop with a truly free license. But again, I would rather encourage the development of commercial desktop environments. The sort of excruciating testing, research, marketing, training, etc. required by a truly user friendly desktop environment are simply best supported by a commercial business model. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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