Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 01:06:04 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Nicole <freelist@webweaver.net>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD advocacy list <FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: InfoWorld Electric: Linux Zealots Trashing FreeBSD, Berkeley Message-ID: <19980504010604.28183@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <19980504083310.B356@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Mon, May 04, 1998 at 08:33:10AM %2B0930 References: <199805030318.VAA15026@lariat.lariat.org> <XFMail.980503144012.freelist@webweaver.net> <19980504004828.35746@follo.net> <19980504083310.B356@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 08:33:10AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Mon, 4 May 1998 at 0:48:28 +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote: > > They don't have to explictly state that it is FreeBSD, but there are a > > LOT of credits they _do_ have to state. Read through the source > > sometime. > > > > One example: They have to credit the University of California at > > Berkeley, even in their advertisements. This example is in > > /usr/src/COPYRIGHT. > > Right. When did you last see this mentioned *anywhere* in System V.4? > You can bet your bottom dollar that Microsoft wouldn't be any better. Then we're dealing with license violation. I don't think GPLing something will help you if you assume the license will be violated. Of course, the GPL is viral, and as a such might be more scary. A neat hack might be to create a BSD-style license which goes viral if violated :-) Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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