Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 17:11:46 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Open Source Town Meeting" supports only one faction Message-ID: <199807232311.RAA06342@lariat.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <19980722165304.57689@follo.net> References: <19980721223151.B15764@notabene.zer0.org> <Pine.GSO.3.95.980721182647.24542A-100000@shell> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980722005832.2295A-100000@lorax.ubergeeks.com> <19980722000542.56979@futuresouth.com> <19980721223151.B15764@notabene.zer0.org>
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At 04:53 PM 7/22/98 +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote: >This is wrong. If it had been locked-down software (e.g, GPL) as >opposed to free software, they couldn't have added more licensing >terms. With any fully free license (the type the FreeBSD project >encourage :-) this could be done. Anybody could take most of the >FreeBSD sources and do the same thing - however, we'd be likely to >out-develop them, so it isn't of real interest. I think competition between commercial and open source versions of the same software is great. It keeps the commercial developers hopping when they might rest on their laurels; even if they're not "out-developed," they still need to stay a good deal ahead of the pack or add other value (as BSDI does). In return for their extra effort, they can earn a good living. At the same time, the open source version provides a route for widespread review of the source. So, let's encourage people to take our source and go private if they're willing to shoulder that burden. In the long run, all software will get better, and we'll have more options. That's what, I think, we really want. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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