Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 20:19:07 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: commercial software (definitive) Message-ID: <199805160119.UAA15070@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <355ce6f6.76496841@mail.cetlink.net> from John Kelly at "May 16, 98 01:16:50 am"
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> On Fri, 15 May 1998 16:03:11 -0500 (EST), "John S. Dyson" > <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > > >Again, working on GPLed code isn't a sin or anything like that, > >but it is important to understand what the limitations are. > > The limitations appear to be imaginary. Red Hat and Caldera don't > seem to have trouble selling products which include GPLed code. > They aren't inventing very much. The limitations have to do with the redistribution encumberances placed upon inventions derived associated with GPLed works (among others.) They have made a tradeoff that interferes with conventional business plans. It is their problem, and doesn't bother me. John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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