Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 23:44:56 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: jgrosch@mooseriver.com, James Howard <howardjp@Glue.umd.edu> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Jonathan Slivko <js43064n@pace.edu>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD spokesman (was: So what happens to FreeBSD now?) Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010703233914.0456e7f0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010703144512.A9955@mooseriver.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107031644410.16320-100000@z.glue.umd.edu> <20010703134058.A9446@mooseriver.com> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107031644410.16320-100000@z.glue.umd.edu>
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At 03:45 PM 7/3/2001, Josef Grosch wrote: >Has anyone ever seen a serious legal opinion on the >various licenses? Yes, actually, I have. But the arguments were poor and did not address the many serious ways in which the GPL violates essential principles of contract law. My personal opinion is that the GPL is an unconscionable meta-contract and is therefore unenforceable, but of course you never know how a judge will rule. >Never mind what spin Brett Glass, microsoft, Stallman, >Eric Raymond, et al has to say. They all have an ax to grid. Actually, I'm the only one on that list who has developed his own opinion without having an axe to grind. One of the reasons that I'm here is BECAUSE I believe that the GPL is unethical, not the other way around. >Bretts positions are very interesting but as a practical matter they are >useless and only divide us. I think that they're useful because they make the case for the BSD philosophy and BSD-style licensing. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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