From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Feb 22 12:41:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from goodall1.u.washington.edu (goodall1.u.washington.edu [140.142.12.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C18A11A26 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:41:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from durang@u.washington.edu) Received: from localhost (durang@localhost) by goodall1.u.washington.edu (8.9.2+UW99.01/8.9.2+UW99.01) with ESMTP id MAA33524; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:41:07 -0800 Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:41:06 -0800 (PST) From: "K. Marsh" To: Gerhard Sittig Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Very Common Question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Gerhard Sittig wrote: > > [ ... discussion on GPL vs BSD license ... ] > > The point I was trying to make was that you can't sell your software for > > profit, UNLESS you distribute the source code too (thereby giving away > > the secrets of your program.) > I guess the main point is that when you use GPLed software > as the basis (or core) of your product, then the product > should be GPLed, too. And I think it's fair. Had I any skill at communicating with precision, this would be part of what I said. > Please keep in mind that English is not my natural language and that > all the typos and errors in this message are mine. I'd have never guessed you weren't a native speaker. Let me assure you, your English is far better than that of most Americans, and infinitely better than my German. Thanks for clearing up my botched attempt at explaining the licensing differences between Linux and FreeBSD. Kenneth J. Marsh University of Washington durang@u.washington.edu Chemical Engineering To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message