Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 09:43:04 -0600 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: John Kelly <mouth@ibm.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Will we make freebsd a popular OS? Message-ID: <19971027094304.25152@right.PCS> In-Reply-To: <3456b1a5.2139218@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net>; from John Kelly on Oct 10, 1997 at 03:50:15PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971026234323.12269W-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> <3456b1a5.2139218@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net>
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On Oct 10, 1997 at 03:50:15PM +0000, John Kelly wrote: > I wonder why B. Gates hasn't already taken the FreeBSD source, > packaged it up with some clever install routines, and started calling > it MS-BSD and selling it! After all, with the UCB copyright, he would > not be required to distribute source code, as he would have to with > Linux and the GPL. That's a pretty scary thought. Actually, I wish they would. In my view, that's one of the advantages of the BSD license; I _want_ companies to pick up the code, turn around and re-sell it. Can you just imagine the increase in overall quality and stability of M$ products if it had a BSD codebase? :-) -- Jonathan
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