Date: 11 Feb 1999 01:23:21 +0100 From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linus on IRC Message-ID: <79t7tp$1n8$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> References: <199902101140.DAA63055@rah.star-gate.com> <4.1.19990210141609.040cf220@mail.lariat.org>
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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> wrote:
> This is a myth which seems to have been most recently propagated by
> the supposed "Hallowe'en Memo" -- the notion that the GPL somehow prevents
> development projects from "forking." (Since the authenticity of the
> whole memo has never been proven, it's possible that ESR or someone else
> inserted it as a way of intentionally creating FUD about BSD.)
You're being overly paranoid. As a Linux advocate, ESR doesn't need to
create FUD about BSD. It's not on his map at all. It's a non-issue. I
think it was Jordan who mentioned pretty early on that the Halloween
document is what you get when you browse Linux advocacy on the net. Yes,
a lot of the Halloween paper reads like ESR--that's because the author
swalled ESR's papers head and tail and occasionally didn't understand
everything.
> If the GPL prevents projects from forking, how come there are Debian,
> SlackWare, Red Hat, Caldera, and SuSE versions of Linux?
The Linux distributions aren't forks. They are different collections.
There is no common ancestor. (Strictly speaking, you can probably derive
family relationships for some of them.)
--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de
carpe librum: books 'n' reviews <URL:http://www.carpe.com/buch/>;
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