Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 12:13:02 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Rich Wilson <wk633@yahoo.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mundie, Perens, GPL, BSD etc again Message-ID: <20010613121302.I57154@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <001f01c0f3f0$6c73c180$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>; from tedm@toybox.placo.com on Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 03:05:50AM -0700 References: <20010612193022.K7519@lpt.ens.fr> <001f01c0f3f0$6c73c180$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt said on Jun 13, 2001 at 03:05:50: > "...The GPL infects only derivative works of GPLed software -- you have to > include part of the source code of a GPLed program in your program..." > > Notice something there HE USES THE VERB "INFECTS"!!! > > This is the same fool that in the same breath is bitching because Microsoft > is equating the GPL to cancer. Well -- if we're nitpicking here, cancer is not infectious, so there's no contradiction... > wants him to. He's the one describing GPL as a virus here!! > Unbelievable!!! I agree, it's surprising he uses that word. But it's accurate, what he writes. > "Copyright Regents of the University.... embedded in it" and "Gee, why > is Microsoft selling MS Office for MacOS X which is a BSD-based OS" and They'll take aim at MacOS X too. It's a competitor. The only reason they give for not porting Office to linux is that there is no demand for it. - R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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