Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 08:16:06 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL *again* (was: New CODA release) Message-ID: <19990209081606.A3013@keltia.freenix.fr> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990208133546.04530e80@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 01:38:42PM -0700 References: <4.1.19990208123300.04582220@mail.lariat.org> <Pine.LNX.4.02.9902081347430.16563-100000@mercury.webnology .com> <4.1.19990208133546.04530e80@mail.lariat.org>
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According to Brett Glass: > hypocritical. The GPL seeks to stamp out exactly the sort of free exchange > of ideas (and code!) that I (and most of the folks present here) advocate, Not exactly. The GPL wants to _force_ you to share it, whether you want it or not. That's not freedom in my book and why I don't like it. I've been involved in some discussions about the GPL in the french hierarchy fr.* and that was what I told GPL proponents. At least the BSD licence is consistent with its use of 'freedom'... -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #69: Mon Jan 18 02:02:12 CET 1999 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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