Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 10:06:20 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>, hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org, "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net>, Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, phk@FreeBSD.ORG, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: IBM's intentions with JFS (was: IBM suing (was: RMS Suing was [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD)) Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011217100320.02965920@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20011217145322.A45210@tisys.org> References: <3C1DDB26.62969FFB@mindspring.com> <3C186381.6AB07090@yahoo.com> <20011214122837.O3448@monorchid.lemis.com> <3C19807D.C441F084@mindspring.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20011214175450.02da2a90@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20011215232233.00e74cc0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20011216221810.031b6820@localhost> <20011217163427.A2885@monorchid.lemis.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20011217001345.00e26280@localhost> <20011217111835.A43375@tisys.org> <3C1DDB26.62969FFB@mindspring.com>
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At 06:53 AM 12/17/2001, Nils Holland wrote: >In the end, whatever gets done, I'd suggest that any unclear implications >of any futher move be investigated into beforehand, because else we could >face some very unpleasant problems in the end... I agree. Because there are many parties involved who could potentially be unreasonable (RMS and the FSF in particular, but also IBM), the only reasonable course of action is to avoid ANYTHING that is GPLed and stick to the one form of open source licensing that (a) has been tested in court; (b) is short, clear, and unambiguous; and (c) is consistent with the BSD Way. This means only "truly free" licensing, as embodied in the BSD and MIT X licenses and kin. Only by sticking to such licenses will we ever know where we truly stand. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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