Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 09:06:19 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> 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: <4.3.2.7.2.20010706090232.0463acd0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010706104045.C6349@hades.hell.gr> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010706013412.04490750@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010705125524.04502690@localhost> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107031644410.16320-100000@z.glue.umd.edu> <20010703134058.A9446@mooseriver.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010705171812.04523b00@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010705162529.04521930@localhost> <15172.52545.788676.736485@guru.mired.org> <xzp3d8bui25.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <15173.2796.630368.467005@guru.mired.org> <20010706103257.B6349@hades.hell.gr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010706013412.04490750@localhost>
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At 01:40 AM 7/6/2001, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >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...'. I understand. What I'm saying, though, is that the GPL goes far beyond this by being viral and by INTENTIONALLY trying to sabotage programmers' livelihoods. Also, as DES said in an earlier message in this thread, most users of the GPL don't realize what the GPL is really about. They read only the "preamble," which claims (deceptively) that the GPL makes software "free" when in fact it encumbers it. (This false recital, which cannot be detached from the license, may well be a reason for a judge to invalidate it.) --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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