Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 20:28:28 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> Cc: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Motif goes open source Message-ID: <391FDF5C.5473F95B@newsguy.com> References: <4.3.1.2.20000515080753.00abfd70@gid.co.uk> <20000515114002.A64473@cons.org> <391FDB25.D7FB808F@newsguy.com> <20000515132147.B24644@cons.org>
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Martin Cracauer wrote: > > "OpenSource" (without blank) is the term. "Open Source" is like > "Free BSD", suit-wearers language showing the unfamilarness with the > subject. Really? I have always used (and have no plans to change) "Open Source". I see no point at all in making it a single word. Alas, they use a definition of their own, to suit their needs instead of the political agenda of RMS. > > That's because GPL is brain-damaged. It is, essentially, incompatible > > with anything but GPL. Even the BSD license had to have a clause removed > > (and I'm still doubtful if this makes it "compatible" with GPL). > > I know. http://www.cons.org/cracauer/gpl.html > > It's an important thing to notice, as no GPL desktop stuff can be > built upon it. Hurray! :-) -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@tutti.capi.bsdconspiracy.org "I agree whole heartily! Who am I to disagree with a wacko like you?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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