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Date:      Thu, 04 Mar 1999 17:05:28 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Guess we've lost the server market too...?
Message-ID:  <4.1.19990304170339.0404c800@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <19990304101644.B15601@netmonger.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903041400480.4345-100000@login-1.eunet.no> <41919.920485707@zippy.cdrom.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903041400480.4345-100000@login-1.eunet.no>

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At 10:16 AM 3/4/99 -0500, Christopher Masto wrote:
 
>As for the other interpretation of your comment, there is a very
>_positive_ aspect of Linux running on IBM computers that I'm sure some
>people would prefer not to admit.  Linux is GPLed software.  If IBM
>has to change Linux to work with their hardware, they have to publish
>the source code.  This means that we will have access to it.

No can do. If you use the GPLed source, you're creating a derivative
work that must also be GPLed.

>This whole attitude that we can't coexist peacefully with Linux is
>annoying.  

Unfortunately, that's the attitude of those promoting and developing Linux.

--Brett


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