Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 11:33:26 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> Cc: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop Message-ID: <3C2A2606.A2552442@mindspring.com> References: <local.mail.freebsd-chat/Pine.LNX.4.43.0112181134500.21473-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> <local.mail.freebsd-chat/20011218110645.A2061@tisys.org> <200112182010.fBIKA9739621@prism.flugsvamp.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20011218180720.00d6e520@localhost> <20011219091631.Q377@prism.flugsvamp.com> <0en10ey5jo.10e@localhost.localdomain> <20011219215548.D76354@prism.flugsvamp.com> <lpellpwlhe.llp@localhost.localdomain> <20011220171739.J26326@prism.flugsvamp.com> <ulu1uluvs8.1ul@localhost.localdomain> <20011220231021.A52651@prism.flugsvamp.com>
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Jonathan Lemon wrote: > Either the someone can slap a GPL on the BSD code, in which this thread > has relevancy, or they cannot, in which case the whole thing is moot. Actually, he shot himself in the foot both ways. While it's true there would be no risk to FreeBSD in the second case (I believe that "compatible" exists only in the mind of RMS), it _does_ mean that there's no way to construct a legal combination for a distribution, which was one of the primary issues in the JFS debate that spawned this thread. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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