Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 07:52:07 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, grog@FreeBSD.ORG, hitmaster2k@yahoo.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] RMS Suing was [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011213074611.01b923a0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1155.1008254206@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <Your message of "Thu, 13 Dec 2001 07:26:36 MST." <4.3.2.7.2.20011213072327.043556b0@localhost>
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At 07:36 AM 12/13/2001, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >I've been working on FreeBSD since the very beginning, yet I have >a hard time judging your claim above as either true or false. Why? It is objectively true that FreeBSD, when installed using the usual installer (sysinstall), depends upon GPLed software. The installation process ITSELF depends upon GPLed software and will not work without it. >Your statement is comparable to the tabloid headline: > > "NASA cause of DEATH by launching SHUTTLE!" Not so. I did add caps for emphasis, but the statement is objectively true. >If you can't communicate any other way then please go away. I'm >sure OpenBSD with their more strict attitude to GPL will find your >"uncompromising" zealotism welcome. Actually, OpenBSD is dependent upon GPLed code as well, though less so. As for what you call "uncompromising zealotism," it is exhibited not by me but by the FSF and RMS. They are, alas, the Taliban of the software world. Were I uncompromising, I would not be using FreeBSD now due to GPL contamination. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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