Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 12:29:27 -0700 (PDT) From: <unknown@riverstyx.net> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free VMWare and open BIOS! Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9905191229060.17489-100000@hades.riverstyx.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9905191327060.4442-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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Lord knows RedHat is second only to Linux in its capacity for malevolence and evil. --- tani hosokawa river styx internet On Wed, 19 May 1999, spork wrote: > On Wed, 19 May 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > > > At 12:16 PM 5/19/99 -0400, James Howard wrote: > > > > >And that is why you should at least email those people involved and show > > >them why this (more than most any other software project) should be using > > >a Berkeley license. > > > > I doubt that this would do much good at this point. The page makes very > > frequent mention of the fact that the project is being sponsored and > > supported by Red Hat. > > I hope this won't stop you from emailing them. You must have a form > letter by now, right? Share it, and we can all voice our opinions on this > issue. It's pretty easy, and I'm sure most people in -chat wouldn't mind > sending a polite letter explaining why a BSD license would serve them > better. > > Charles > > > This is the sad and scary thing about the GPL. To paraphrase the old > > commercial for insect killer, it checks in but it doesn't check out. > > And where it checks in, it destroys livelihoods and alternatives. > > > > --Brett Glass > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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