Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:48:11 -0800 From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> Subject: Re: FreeBSD's problems as seen by the BSDForen.de community Message-ID: <47873B5B.4040000@paradise.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <47873680.1000604@gmail.com> References: <3712.1200043508@critter.freebsd.dk> <47873680.1000604@gmail.com>
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Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > > Why because it was eventually proven incomplete by relatively? (i.e. > if no one dared question it then the incorrect version of the law > would still be used today and odds are there would be no computers > because electronics uses modern physics and not classical) > > The above analogy is invalid as FreeBSD is not an existing reality to be discovered, but a construct of the minds and efforts of its community. Therefore if the community is satisfied with the license as it is, there is no reason to change it. Obviously I can't speak for the whole community, but speaking as one member I would be most unhappy to see stakeholders have influence based on monetary/commercial elements - the lack of such is one of the things I *like* about FreeBSD. regards Mark
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