From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 12 4:15:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from theinternet.com.au (c20631.kelvn1.qld.optusnet.com.au [203.164.207.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A169D37B405 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 04:15:42 -0800 (PST) Received: (from akm@localhost) by theinternet.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.4) id fBCCFYu76681; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:15:34 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from akm) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:15:34 +1000 From: Andrew Kenneth Milton To: Terry Lambert Cc: Andrew Kenneth Milton , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] RMS Suing was [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011212221534.R46324@zeus.theinternet.com.au> References: <20011210161410.L92148@elvis.mu.org> <3C15AC5A.44BFD2BD@mindspring.com> <20011211183001.B67986@monorchid.lemis.com> <3C15CD07.6D5FC2E7@mindspring.com> <20011212131125.A82733@monorchid.lemis.com> <3C16D226.F169C43D@mindspring.com> <20011212203016.O46324@zeus.theinternet.com.au> <3C174284.8F0B3B7B@mindspring.com> <20011212220135.Q46324@zeus.theinternet.com.au> <3C17490F.4D1992A7@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <3C17490F.4D1992A7@mindspring.com>; from Terry Lambert on Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:09:51AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG +-------[ Terry Lambert ]---------------------- | Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote: | > | I can't argue with that; historically, IBM has never sued anyone, and | > | they were oh so happy to consider another license for the year I tried | > | to push for it for use in a FreeBSD based IBM product. Not. | > | > Of course not, the GPL protects them from competitors taking and improving | > their product and selling it at a profit without having to share. Ironic | > isn't it, that the GPL has become a tool of the "oppressors" d8) | | Perhaps you missed the fact that I was *ALSO* IBM at the time. I didn't. I wasn't saying you were a competitor, just that the GPL is a convenient license for corporations to use. IBM are bigger than most governments, were you surprised that the bureaucracy is too? -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | | ACN: 082 081 472 ABN: 83 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message