Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 13:08:47 -0800 From: Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Quotation Message-ID: <19991109130847.A7609@greycat.com> In-Reply-To: <19991109151713.B32826@cornell.edu> References: <38285F15.A656E35B@cstone.net> <000a01bf2ae1$08b6a920$021d85d1@youwant.to> <19991109120213.A7365@greycat.com> <19991109151713.B32826@cornell.edu>
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On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 03:17:13PM -0500, Cliff Crawford wrote: > * Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com> menulis: > > On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 10:34:19AM -0800, David Schwartz wrote: > > > > system is distributed for free. Those that write enhancements to it are > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > required to make those available to everyone. This has resulted in a > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > Sadly, he misses the whole point of BSD. The beauty of it is that you can > > > make enhancements to it without anyone pointing a gun to your head. > > > > Hmm. I think that Frankenburg would be unlikely to make such a mistake, given > > his history. Maybe the reporter dropped a "not" between the "are" and the > > "required". Wouldn't be the first time something like that happened... > > Anybody got Frankenburg's e-mail? Maybe we should ask him. > > The sentence following is "This has resulted in a significant amount of > innovations and new capabilites", which wouldn't make sense in that > context (him saying that those who write enhancements are NOT required > to make them available to everyone). Point. I was thinking along the lines of a commercial endeavor not being required to fold back enhancements they've made, which seemed to make more sense in the context of the quotation (why FreeBSD for a commercial enterprise?). But you could be right, probably are. EEEP! Just realized I misspelled Frankeberg's name twice. Apologies :-). Dann L. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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