Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 17:05:45 +0000 (GMT) From: Kiril Mitev <kiril@loki.ideaglobal.com> To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) Cc: bright@wintelcom.net, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: GPL or not (was: Backend in Minivend) Message-ID: <200005161705.RAA01522@loki.ideaglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000515122445.04077a10@localhost> from Brett Glass at "May 15, 2000 12:35:49 pm"
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> A better example, which shows the real danger, is as follows. > Suppose that you run your e-commerce server on Debian Linux. Under > Perens' proposed regime, you would be forced to give away (for > free!) the code you used in your business because it was serving > the public and running on a GPLed OS. > > Talk about a nasty land grab. > > --Brett Just out of plain idle dumb curiosity - what about all those non_linux OS'es that are compiled with GCC ? (Oh, and mv to -chat, plz) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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