Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 18:24:41 +1300 From: Craig Harding <crh@outpost.co.nz> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop Message-ID: <3C1ED319.922CDD1E@outpost.co.nz> References: <20011218121011.E21649@monorchid.lemis.com> <4hzo4hyv3c.o4h@localhost.localdomain> <4.3.2.7.2.20011217221801.02841bc0@localhost>
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Brett Glass wrote:
> >If the software's better, isn't that the point? Is it really the smart
> >approach to choose the worse solution to a problem just because of the
> >license it uses?
>
> Absolutely. It means the difference between earning a living and
> being deprived of one (which is one of the explicit goals of the
> GPL; see Stallman's "GNU Manifesto").
Then why don't you run off and make "MediocreBSD" using software that's
second best but using the One True (GPL-Free) License?
-- C.
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Craig Harding crh@outpost.co.nz ICQ# 26701833
Outpost Digital Media Ltd http://www.outpost.co.nz
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