Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 17:23:34 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: "Robert A. Bruce" <rab@pike.cdrom.com> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Dave Yost <Dave@Yost.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Linux PR firestorm disaster (w.r.t. FreeBSD) Message-ID: <36DA4E86.E7CF8A2A@newsguy.com> References: <199903010700.XAA29024@pike.cdrom.com>
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"Robert A. Bruce" wrote: > > >Unencumbered by the GPL. You can really USE the code! > > Okay. But this is a controversial issue. Controversial to whom? It is just a matter of your intended audience, of how you sell this. "In contrast to the GPL license used by Linux, FreeBSD gives preference to the BSD license, meaning that business enterprises can use the source code as it sees fit with no strings attached, besides the copyright notice." Of course, there is GPL code on the FreeBSD distribution, but marketing is marketing. Don't target the OSS crowd, as they already use an open source operating system. Target people who are new to this, attracted by the Linux histeria. Business. SOHO. People who want start an Internet enterprise. Explain to them how they can use the BSD license to their advantage, contrasting this to GPL. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "To make it absolutely clear: you stand on the wrong end of my blasters, so you better get lost before I start target practice!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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