From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 16 14:16:20 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id OAA19913 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 14:16:20 -0700 Received: from cs.weber.edu (cs.weber.edu [137.190.16.16]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id OAA19906 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 14:16:16 -0700 Received: by cs.weber.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1.1) id AA13009; Fri, 16 Jun 95 15:08:06 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Message-Id: <9506162108.AA13009@cs.weber.edu> Subject: Re: GPL code in freebsd? To: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 95 15:08:05 MDT Cc: peter@haywire.DIALix.COM, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199506161823.LAA05336@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Jun 16, 95 11:23:54 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL52] Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > I just saw that Alan Cox fired a salvo at FreeBSD in gnu.misc.discuss, > > under the subject: "Pre-HURD GNU System: Linux or FreeBSD?" I've hit the ball back to him (using 'rn' as a racquet). You might want to read over the article and flame me to get your flames in before the general Linux public. I think I was reasonable, but anything you say can be twisted in meaning if you go into the reading with an existing bias. The group is basically an advocacy group anyway. > And now you understand why *BSD hates the bloody GPL so much!!! We don't hate it; we simply approve of it less than a UCB-Style license but more than an Adaptec/Diamond style license (ie: none at all). > Self conflicing licenses are very hard to uphold in court. The copyright > on this file is in conflict with it self! I don't think the licensing is self-conflicting. I also don't think there is a GPL/UCB issue to resolve in the first place. Read the Book. (A comment on my average post size. 8-)). Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.