Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:49:14 -0500 From: "Pedro Fernando Giffuni" <pfgiffun@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> To: PBaena@TercerMundo.com.ar Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: (Not this discussion again...) Message-ID: <3819B3EA.845B910A@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> References: <MDAEMON1670167199910290336.AA3636091@TercerMundo.com.ar>
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http://www.daemonnews.org/199906/gpl-evil.html I wrote that so that I don't have explain it over and over again. I wouldn't go as far as saying "don't use any GPL'd software" though... The GPL has brought so many conflicts on commercial and free projects lately that GGI and KDE2 will have a less restricted license ! GGI is already BSD-like or artistic, KDE2 will be artistic :). cheers, Pedro. Pablo Baena wrote: > > What's the deal with GPL? Any URL to see what's this all about with > GPL and FreeBSD. I do not use Linux right now, but I do use lots of > GNU software, and FreeBSD with it, so I'd like to know more about > that subject. > > Thanks. > Pablo > > On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 09:06:58PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > > At 03:21 PM 10/28/1999 -0700, Todd Meister wrote: > > >On 28-Oct-99 Brett Glass wrote: > > > > I've considered using AbiWord, but it's GPLed. (Not trying to start a flame > > > > war here; just pointing it out.) > > > > > >That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. "That" being the implication > that > > >using GPLed software is a bad idea. > > > > It is a VERY bad idea, since the more it is used, the more it accomplishes the > > GPL's purpose. But again, this is a subject for a flame war I do not have time > > for right now. > > > > --Brett > -- > "It was a time the sky seemed so bright and blue. A time I believed > it could carry a song straight into heaven" > Myung Fan Lone > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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