Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 16:19:55 -0700 (PDT) From: <unknown@riverstyx.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: spork <spork@super-g.com>, James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free VMWare and open BIOS! Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9905201617320.12212-100000@hades.riverstyx.net> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.37.19990520145111.044f4ab0@localhost>
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People come to us because they've heard that we do good things. Even if there was a GPL replacement for our software (and there are several far cheaper products that do nearly identical things) our customers would continue to use our products. We also provide custom solutions to our clients and are able to guarantee that they are the only people who get those customizations, giving them a market advantage. That's illegal under the GPL, which is another reason to go with us. --- tani hosokawa river styx internet On Thu, 20 May 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > That's the purpose of the GPL: to destroy your markets and your livelihood. > Making money by licensing software is evil, you see, so We Of The GNU Borg > Collective must stop you by giving away what you are trying to sell. You > Will Be Assimilated. > > --Electrocutis of Borg > > At 12:23 PM 5/20/99 -0700, unknown@riverstyx.net wrote: > >I doubt it. I'd find it very odd if a software license started taking > >quotes from customers and taking contracts away from me. > > > >--- > >tani hosokawa > >river styx internet > > > > > >On Wed, 19 May 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > > > > > Your statement below doesn't bear on the problem. > > > > > > When the GPL invades your market segment and destroys your livelihood -- > > > intentionally and maliciously -- you may begin to think differently. > > > > > > --Brett > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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