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Date:      Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:40:46 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: "Opposing" the "competition" (was: FreeBSD spokesman (was: So what happens to FreeBSD now?))
Message-ID:  <20010706104045.C6349@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010706013412.04490750@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 01:35:49AM -0600
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Subject: Re: "Opposing" the "competition" (was: FreeBSD spokesman (was: So what happens to FreeBSD now?))
Date: Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 01:35:49AM -0600

> At 01:32 AM 7/6/2001, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> 
> >I am not sure, but I think that you can't say 'public domain' and
> >'this and that cannot use the code'.  It's either in the public
> >domain, and everyone can use it as they see fit, or it isn't and only
> >a few selected people can use it.
> 
> Or, to put it another way, either it's truly free or it's not. GPLed
> software isn't truly free at all, because, as you've noted, a
> specific group is singled out for discriminatory treatment.

Actually, it was not GPL I was referring to, but those 'pre-GPL'
people described by Mike that would say 'this is public domain, and
all can use it, except for so and so...'.

-giorgos


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