Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:19:50 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Craig Harding <crh@outpost.co.nz>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011217221801.02841bc0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3C1ED086.725352BC@outpost.co.nz> References: <20011218121011.E21649@monorchid.lemis.com> <4hzo4hyv3c.o4h@localhost.localdomain>
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At 10:13 PM 12/17/2001, Craig Harding 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"). >It's a matter of history. After so many endless threads over the last >few years on the evils (or otherwise) of the GPL, usually with Brett >Glass endlessly pushing his point of view to allcomers, Not endlessly. But I am persistent because the issue is important and because FreeBSD is already in deep trouble. The GPL camel is already in the tent. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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