From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 31 09:59:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD7A516A4CE for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 09:59:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mindfields.energyhq.es.eu.org (73.Red-213-97-200.pooles.rima-tde.net [213.97.200.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D42C043D48 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 09:59:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org) Received: from scienide.energyhq.es.eu.org (scienide.energyhq.es.eu.org [192.168.100.1]) by mindfields.energyhq.es.eu.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1754D36699; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:59:30 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:59:26 +0100 From: Miguel Mendez To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" Message-Id: <20041031105926.4f06b06f.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12-gtk2-20040918 (GTK+ 2.4.9; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="Signature=_Sun__31_Oct_2004_10_59_26_+0100_7x4V0i=joOyJCxjd" cc: TM4525@aol.com cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPL vs BSD Licence X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 09:59:34 -0000 --Signature=_Sun__31_Oct_2004_10_59_26_+0100_7x4V0i=joOyJCxjd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 23:36:42 -0700 "Ted Mittelstaedt" wrote: Guys, > 95% of the GPL advocates out there don't know the first damn thing > about the GPL and undoubtedly have never completely read through > the thing, MUCH LESS have read the supporting philosophy and writing > around it. I see GPL bigots ALL THE TIME arguing about how great > GPL code is and how the GPL is so all fired wonderful because of this > and that which isn't even IN the damn license!!! I don't know if you're aware of this, but this kind is *useless* discussion has been going on on the mailing lists for *years*. Check groups.google.com and you'll see that everything you might want to add about GPL vs BSD has already been said a hundred times. John Dyson posted a lot about it, then Brett Glass did for a while, and now you. If the time wasted on these rants had gone into writing software we'd have a 100% BSDL system today. My very humble suggestion is that you please take this somewhere else. I've never seen a GPL advocate 'see the light' and start licensing his software under the BSD license after having a conversation with a BSD 'zealot', or vice versa. /me goes back to lurking... Cheers, -- Miguel Mendez http://www.energyhq.es.eu.org PGP Key: 0xDC8514F1 Note: All HTML mail goes to /dev/null --Signature=_Sun__31_Oct_2004_10_59_26_+0100_7x4V0i=joOyJCxjd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBhLeBnLctrNyFFPERAspAAJ4mR9kJrv2C2BO0rX8MMk/8tKa1/gCggjNq Vy3ldnuZTjEn8qCP95y3Q30= =SRl7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Sun__31_Oct_2004_10_59_26_+0100_7x4V0i=joOyJCxjd--