From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 23 17:37:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from pobox.com (harconia-1-135.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.133.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B88201169E for ; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:37:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hamilton@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C84946381; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 19:37:36 -0600 (CST) To: Mark Ovens Cc: Terry Lambert , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The GPL and the Robinson-Patman Act In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 24 Feb 1999 01:02:04 GMT." <19990224010204.B679@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 19:37:36 -0600 From: Jon Hamilton Message-Id: <19990224013736.4C84946381@pobox.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <19990224010204.B679@localhost>, Mark Ovens wrote: } Terry Labmert wrote: } > The FSF has a pool of money for sueing people set aside and all } > ready to go, with a specific emphasis on corporations who, god help } > them, release code that includes patented algorithms or processes } > under the GPL. } } That almost sounds like a contradiction in terms; an organization } representing *free* software having vast financial resources. I From the FSF perspective, _free_ refers to freedom, not to price. } presume their funds come from donations from the likes of Red Hat, } Cygnus etc.? They also sell documentation, source tapes, consulting, and take donations. -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message