From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 31 23:05:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0340916A4CE for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:05:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85C9343D31 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:05:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) i9VN5CY18603 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:05:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:05:12 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20041031235713.14863e58.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Subject: RE: GPL vs BSD Licence X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:05:14 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Miguel Mendez [mailto:flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org] > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 2:57 PM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: chat@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: GPL vs BSD Licence > > > > You probably missed the issue if you think this is a discussion meant > > to convince someone BSD is better than GPL. The people on this list > > already KNOW that BSD is better than GPL. They don't need convincing. > > Says who, you? I thought people chose FreeBSD based on its technical > merits and for being "the right tool for the job". > Well then, I guess we do need to educate people. Even more reason for the discussion! Thanks for reminding me of this! > > What they DO need to know, however, is WHY. That is educational > > discussion not useless argument. > > It is when all you're doing is beat the dead horse. As I've already told > you, check the archives, everything you might say now was said by Dyson > long long ago. > And as I've already told you, there is no guarentee that anything posted long long ago has any relevance to today. > > And now, please, let the thread die and don't bother answering to this > either. > If you want the thread dead, don't keep it alive by continuing to add to it. And in any case, I didn't start the thread. Haven't you considered that your being pretty rude to presume to speak for what the O.P. wanted? Ted