Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 07:40:29 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Message-ID: <20001201074029.A45298@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20001130170310.049eb740@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 05:10:40PM -0700 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20001129121021.049b31b0@localhost> <200011300548.WAA05850@usr08.primenet.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20001130170310.049eb740@localhost>
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On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 05:10:40PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > >Only if you link against it. When was the last time you > >linked against "grep"? > In this case, it's infectious in a different way: It is > eliminating truly free alternatives. Use it, and you are > facilitating another prong of the GPL agenda: to snuff > out other options. The fact that FreeBSD does not provide > a non-GPLed grep which is BSD-licensed means that the FSF > has succeeded. /usr/ports/text/freegrep Not up to speed yet, but I bet the author would love patches. -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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