Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 08:44:10 -0500 (EST) From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: Peter Schwenk <schwenk@math.udel.edu>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: license (no longer Re: uptimes, Woo Hoo) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001090842550.27613-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> In-Reply-To: <200001071413.JAA17543@blackhelicopters.org>
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But if you're going to make open-source, expect it to be in a photocopier's brain, but that photocopier is required to give you recognition... Omachonu Ogali Intranova Networking Group On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Michael Lucas wrote: > >From a business standpoint, yes, the BSDL is delightful. "Here, have > this, it's free, do whatever you want with it." What business > wouldn't like that? > > But what do *we* get out of it? Simply the satisfaction of knowing > your work is in a photocopier's brain? > > ==ml > > > > > It appears to me, at least from a business standpoint, that the BSDL is the > > free-est of all in that all it requires of the licensee is recognition of the > > source of the work. I think that's why Apple's used it for it's upcoming Mac OS > > X. They can use the FreeBSD source and still not be required to ship source with > > their product. That way they can keep whatever fancy stuff they've done to it > > private and keep a competitive advantage. Not very cool from a GPL, Open Source > > standpoint, but I'm sure Apple likes it. I thought I heard a rumor that Apple has > > contributed some source back to the FreeBSD project, but that's just hearsay. > > > > Michael Lucas wrote: > > > > > So, is there any highfalutin' purpose behind the BSDL? Or is it as > > > nonpolitical as it appears to be? Having had this argument many > > > times, I'd like something better than "we don't care"; from an > > > advocacy point of view, that never comes across well. > > > > -- > > PETER SCHWENK | UNIX System Administrator > > Department of Mathematical Sciences | University of Delaware > > schwenk@math.udel.edu | (302)831-0437 <-NEW!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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