Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 00:48:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfg1+@pitt.edu> Cc: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BSD license getting more attention lately. Message-ID: <20010525233928.Q13035-100000@blues.jpj.net> In-Reply-To: <3B0EA6FA.6B80F5BB@pitt.edu>
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> If you are releasing modules with source under terms that are at least > as free as the GPL (eg BSD without advertising clause) then nobody has > any cares. This seems to mean more or less "the new BSD license is fine with us." > I wonder how their modified GPL protects them from patents, Not at all, perhaps? > not to mention the one in RTlinux. Please explicate. > I think there's something deeper here...they are starting to feel > pressure from somewhere...maybe Microsoft's comments?? maybe they are > [losing] industry interest. Wouldn't it be terrible to have Microsoft VPs breaking out in oral diarrhea over FreeBSD? It'd be almost as bad having them hire the Rolling Stones to sing on TV about how much FreeBSD sucks (maybe based on "Suck On The Jugular"): Been keeping cool Been lying low Been running smooth No longer slow I've seen the Microsoft way My disk is clean FreeBSD's Off my machine All get together and feel alright All get together and rock all night All get together and feel alright Okay Get ready For sure FreeBSD Sucks on the jugular BTW the PPP code in Linux is under a BSD license, and one of its configuration scripts was contributed by someone at microsoft.com. :) -- Trevor Johnson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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