Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:21:08 +0100 From: "Jan Husar" <jan.husar@skosi.org> To: mchauber@gmx.net Cc: "FreeBSD, Advocacy" <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BSD folks position on GPL, Novell, IBM, SCO, and MS... Message-ID: <541b7a870611281221h3da42c90ld5d7198138cc9973@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200611281415.17352.mchauber@gmx.net> References: <200611250942.38410.mchauber@gmx.net> <86vekzj151.fsf@dwp.des.no> <541b7a870611280408m6d9d4c48oe8ee77c540716326@mail.gmail.com> <200611281415.17352.mchauber@gmx.net>
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