From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 20 15:39:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F22E116A41F for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:39:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C2F843D55 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:39:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1DvGf2-000B5v-4U; Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:39:04 -0600 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v733) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:39:03 -0600 To: Bart Silverstrim X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.733) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Cc: freebsd-questions Question Subject: Re: Spam:****, RE: Demon license? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:39:06 -0000 On Jul 20, 2005, at 7:05 AM, Bart Silverstrim wrote: > > As I understand it Apple is using some of the code from FreeBSD, > but FreeBSD isn't necessarily *getting* anything as an obligation > from them. > > Ideally, if businesses give to them, that's a bonus. Businesses > have always been able to take from FreeBSD as per it's license > without giving anything. But when you start doing tit-for-tat > scratch-my-back-and-I'll-scratch-yours relationships with > businesses, there's going to be problems. > Just as an aside: Apple does push code back as far as I know. There was talk last year for example about MSDOS FS support being put back in from Apple Darwin. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net