Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 17:37:26 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Message-ID: <200011292337.eATNbQS59371@grumpy.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> of "Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:10:25 GMT." <200011291810.LAA19425@usr08.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert writes: [...] > There is a difference between tools dependencies and product > dependencies. The InterJet is a closed box, and does not > ship with a ful developement environment. > > The way IBM "handled it" was to do due dilligence on all the > code that shipped on the InterJet, and with one procedural > snag, vetted it for shipment. > > The actual thing that gave them the most trouble was PHK's > "BeerWare" license, which they finally decided didn't really > constitute an obligation, since they could just decide to > not like the code or find it useful. I read most everything Terry Lambert posts to the FreeBSD lists for his high S/N ratio and for the laughs I get from stuff like the above. :-) Can you imagine trying to explain to an IBM executive that if he/she were to meet PHK they were obliged to buy him a beer? And that it wouldn't go under "entertainment expense account" but under "royalty payments"? Its sure to add an entire viewgraph to the annual Ethics Training. Complete with a picture of PHK so they would know him when they meet him and not be tricked into buying beers for impostors. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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