Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:12:35 -0400 From: "Paczkowski, John" <JPaczkowski@knightridder.com> To: "'Brett Glass'" <brett@lariat.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: david@usermode.org, tchrist@chthon.perl.com, "Paczkowski, John" <JPaczkowski@knightridder.com> Subject: RE: Mercury News forum slanted toward GPL Message-ID: <8721F5669568D411917200508BAC6199015ACBE1@krcoms1.knightridder.com>
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'Morning folks: below you'll find my response to Brett's earlier message. as i mention below, our guest list has not yet been finalized. we went live today only in the hopes of promoting it. incidentally, Tom Christiansen was invited to participate, but never responded to the invitation. Perhaps it was sent to an incorrect address. Tom, if that is indeed the guess, the invitation stands and we'd love to have you as a guest. best, j __________________________________________________ John Paczkowski Good Morning Silicon Valley | http://www.gmsv.com SiliconValley.com | http://www.siliconvalley.com brett: our current guest list isn't quite final. there are several other participants who we're currently talking to who are not biased towards the GPL. hopefully, at least one more of them will agree to participate before we go live. that said, i messaged you specifically because you're one of the few folks i know who actually agrees with MS on this issue. i would encourage you to participate in this event *specifically* for those reasons you cite below. j -----Original Message----- From: Brett Glass [mailto:brett@lariat.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 10:03 AM To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: david@usermode.org; tchrist@chthon.perl.com; jpaczkowski@knightridder.com Subject: Mercury News forum slanted toward GPL The San Jose Mercury News has just announced a "Roundtable" in which "experts" on open source software and a representative or two of Microsoft will debate licensing issues. It's described at http://www.siliconvalley.com/roundtable/ Note that no one from the open source world who is CRITICAL of the GPL is there; the panel consists mostly of GPL advocates and then one Microsoft exec and one fellow whose philosophy can best be described as "corporate pseudo-Libertarian." The BSD license and the BSD philosophy have been denied a voice. Those who believe that the GPL is not a good license for freely redistributable and/or peer-reviewed software -- e.g. Tom Christiansen and David Johnson -- are not represented. Perhaps if folks here comment via the link at the bottom of the page, the BSD philosophy of maximum freedom -- without poison pills or restrictions motivated by spite -- could be represented. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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