From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Aug 29 23:26:35 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 681C53C0F9F for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 23:26:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob@proulx.com) Received: from havoc.proulx.com (havoc.proulx.com [96.88.95.61]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BfCK61rQxz4FK9 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 23:26:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob@proulx.com) Received: from joseki.proulx.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by havoc.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C20A47 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 17:26:27 -0600 (MDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proulx.com; s=dkim2048; t=1598743587; bh=usuGPPzpDYpXk54orev93eeXTLwXlFJiWGno2+NoO3U=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=QWSnnEMaGY51qp+LrJmwPh2a50DSPbo0/zCI/Tcx9dGTBAusK8D9xAf6QJ3O99Ugu 2Sl1ELnBtbTdAr2nT6dJvd/GVhl/gFrNuCkF5ulWMxH5+YlKzdYbJCQ7dwzYpgmwLB ab9zfa89LDqdDMEYLkdCAAOY79t+cVJwQ9kOceweuri3npZ/36Oc/pzjKdBdQNFgmQ Itc+Ln8MqS7YL7uWvTZndje11ITB8O4aG45rx0EGIMN8QE923R5vEjKpoTrOk8aSPs 7jT8Mv1/gCxr4XNQE/ZZX1LNhYCEaCBO2Q4tbKRhpz2FoP7qh0kvHUYui9Oof0FZKF tDKRyLyLXEF/Q== Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 430FB21152 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 17:26:27 -0600 (MDT) Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3B38A2DC9A; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 17:26:27 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 17:26:27 -0600 From: Bob Proulx To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diff is a little diff -- erent Message-ID: <20200829171622180444664@bob.proulx.com> References: <20200826094948.333c67b0.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BfCK61rQxz4FK9 X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=proulx.com header.s=dkim2048 header.b=QWSnnEMa; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of bob@proulx.com designates 96.88.95.61 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bob@proulx.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.30 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.98)[-0.976]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[proulx.com:s=dkim2048]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.96)[-0.960]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[proulx.com]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[proulx.com:+]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.86)[-0.858]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7922, ipnet:96.64.0.0/11, country:US]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 23:26:35 -0000 Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > The trouble is the following : > > A company is making investment to develop a software . > Assume It is based on FreeBSD . If that company uses FreeBSD , by the > effect of GPL parts , the company should also > supply sources of its own proprietary software . Except that is not a requirement of the GPL. > This will destroy the competitive advantage of the company and waste > the investment on the software which is not an acceptable situation > . Trouble caused by GPL is about such cases . Except that is not a requirement of the GPL. This has been discussed many times so I don't think I will detail the arguments again. But I feel compelled to say something here or people will read it and believe that it is true. You may ship your closed source proprietary program on a GPL licensed Linux kernel and mostly GPL licensed userland of commands without providing source for your propriety licensed program. No problem. Bob