From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 31 19:35:21 2006 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 4D6BD16A4DE for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:35:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: from smtp.knology.net (smtp.knology.net [24.214.63.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABE6243D49 for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:35:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: (qmail 12115 invoked by uid 0); 31 Aug 2006 19:35:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Grumpy.DynDNS.org) (216.186.148.249) by smtp2.knology.net with SMTP; 31 Aug 2006 19:35:19 -0000 Received: by Grumpy.DynDNS.org (Postfix, from userid 928) id 1735228420; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:35:18 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:35:17 -0500 From: David Kelly To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20060831193517.GA44752@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <950621ad0608310654h78ae0023g346abd108815ae72@mail.gmail.com> <20060831142321.27596.qmail@web30602.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <6a506d980608311020j156ac46cyb92f1c7bec80d439@mail.gmail.com> <8a0028260608311033l7c16e7bq4ea5c87561095714@mail.gmail.com> <20060831183956.GA43568@elvis.mu.org> <8a0028260608311147n4cd9563hf816d2993edc2f17@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8a0028260608311147n4cd9563hf816d2993edc2f17@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Subject: Re: The future of NetBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:35:21 -0000 On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 07:47:48PM +0100, Jeff Rollin wrote: > > As I said, Yahoo are the one big company I remember being cited as using a > BSD. My point was not that "Yahoo does not give back to the FreeBSD > project," but that the BSD licence *allows* them not to give back in a way > that the GPL does not allow (say) Google not to give back to the Linux > project(s). If I understand what Yahoo! is doing with FreeBSD, GPL totally permits. GPL only requires publishing the changes if one publishes the binaries. Yahoo!'s uses are internal so for example, Yahoo! would not have to "give back" any changes to gcc so long as they do not release their gcc to anyone else. The big advantage for Yahoo! to contribute changes back into FreeBSD is that Yahoo! doesn't have to maintain a totally separate branch, and doesn't have to deal with reconciling the enhancements from others. As a mere user I am very thankful for Yahoo! and Apple's contributions toward the advancement of FreeBSD. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.