From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Feb 20 10:50:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from iquest3.iquest.net (iquest3.iquest.net [209.43.20.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6F5A6110CD for ; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 10:50:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@y.dyson.net) Received: (qmail 7444 invoked from network); 20 Feb 1999 18:50:38 -0000 Received: from dyson.iquest.net (HELO y.dyson.net) (198.70.144.127) by iquest3.iquest.net with SMTP; 20 Feb 1999 18:50:38 -0000 Received: (from toor@localhost) by y.dyson.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id NAA79492; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 13:50:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199902201850.NAA79492@y.dyson.net> Subject: Re: Fascinating GPL License 8) In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990219111737.03fbfd90@mail.lariat.org> from Brett Glass at "Feb 19, 99 11:18:59 am" To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 13:50:28 -0500 (EST) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, jcwells@u.washington.edu, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@iquest.net X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Brett Glass said: > At 06:14 PM 2/19/99 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > >UCB's CSRG had the same requirement for BSD code. It resulted in > >"one blob" as well... a "blob" with a BSD license, and only one > >advertising clause. > > That's quite a bit less obnoxious. It works better because the owner > can assign the copyright and still use the code for commercial purposes. > That's not possible under the General Poverty License. > That is the best description of the "GPL" I have EVER heard... More like GPLEFCVA$C... General poverty license except for cdrom vendors and $upport companies. (Hey, I don't care if people make money -- however developers should directly be in the money pipeline also !!!) -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@iquest.net | it makes one look stupid jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message