Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 01:37:55 GMT From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: commercial software (definitive) Message-ID: <355dec23.77822475@mail.cetlink.net> In-Reply-To: <199805160119.UAA15070@dyson.iquest.net> References: <199805160119.UAA15070@dyson.iquest.net>
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On Fri, 15 May 1998 20:19:07 -0500 (EST), "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> wrote: >> The limitations appear to be imaginary. Red Hat and Caldera don't >> seem to have trouble selling products which include GPLed code. >> >They aren't inventing very much. For that matter, neither is Walnut Creek. >The limitations have to do with the redistribution encumberances >placed upon inventions derived associated with GPLed works (among >others.) I like an "encumbrance" which prohibits others from hiding the source code of derivative works. >They have made a tradeoff that interferes with conventional business >plans. Conventional business has little future in today's fast moving world. >It is their problem, and doesn't bother me. Is it really a problem, or a solution? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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