Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 14:09:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: RE: Some thoughts on advocacy (was: Slashdot ftp.cdrom.com upgra Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990503140804.27048I-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905022333100.7536-100000@theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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On Sun, 2 May 1999, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > Historical note: the GPL was created by one Richard Stallman, who > believes that any restrictions on software > modification/redistribution is unethical. From that point of > view, the GPL is the best solution and a phenomenally successful > one. So to blast the GPL for being business-unfriendly just > doesn't make sense. Besides, businesses do make money from GPL'd > code -- Cygnus, Red Hat, etc, etc -- and Stallman himself is > certainly all for it. Thanks for the history lesson. The reason that Stallman is happy is because he gets all the code back that people make changes to and that they're required to do so. How many companies do you think want to dedicate manhours to a project that has to be released to the general public. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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