From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Apr 15 23:42:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lcremeans.erols.com (lcremeans.erols.com [216.164.87.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB01A14E7E for ; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 23:42:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lee@lcremeans.erols.com) Received: (from lee@localhost) by lcremeans.erols.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) id CAA00762; Fri, 16 Apr 1999 02:40:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lee) Message-ID: <19990416024004.A731@erols.com> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 02:40:04 -0400 From: Lee Cremeans To: rick hamell Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What's wrong with GPL? (was Re: Jordan the Confused) References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from rick hamell on Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 11:23:20PM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 3.0-STABLE Organization: My room? Are you crazy? :) Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 11:23:20PM -0700, rick hamell wrote: > > > There've been a couple people complaining about the GPL on this list in > > the past few messages -- any particular reason why? RMS is a bit of a > > prick (especially recently -- I can't believe he wants to rename Linux to > > GNU/Linux because it tends to ship with Gnu tools), but I don't see a > > problem with the actual license. > > This was my questions too. What makes GPL worse then the FreeBSD > licence? Maybe it's more obvious if I wasn't a relative newbie. Well, the difference is that the BSD license is friendlier to people who want to "borrow" BSD code to use in a closed-source project. The GPL requires that all modifications to GPL'd code stay under the GPL, making it a pain to use when you want to make proprietary enhancements to it. BSD, however, just asks that you give credit where it's due. The GPL reflects a vision of RMS's where all software is free (i.e. comes with buildable source etc.). Not everyone wants to go quite that far. (as for RMS being a prick about GNU/Linux, I think he's just jealous because Linux beat him to having a working kernel by several years...remember, GNU was intended to be a full Unix clone.) -lee -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Lee Cremeans -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on WTnet) | | lcremeans@erols.com | http://wakky.dyndns.org/~lee | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message