Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:07:47 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What have you done for me lately !!! Message-ID: <8CA197D7-9F61-4E55-B226-9C33086F5CEA@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070116190159.GA99088@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <45ABECF2.5060605@splittingimage.com.au> <20070116190159.GA99088@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Jan 16, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 08:06:58AM +1100, Joe Arcaro wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Maybe this is just a rant, >> >> But I'll vent anyway. >> >> I've been watching with some skepticism, the whole apple circus freak >> fanboy show ... >> >> I was just curious, does it not bother any of the BSD developers that >> Apple inc (TM) has based its entire business model on open source >> software, >> >> and yet seems to have given little if any thing back in return. >> >> I have on occasion looked at the apple web site, and never has apple >> even given credit to any form of BSD ! >> >> Is this all just acceptable, have I missed the whole point of open >> source (Give something back when you can) >> >> or have I not read the fine print. >> >> anyhow... >> >> Cheers to all the developers at Freebsd, I am an admirer of BSD >> and the >> open source community > > Yeah, you did miss the point. The BSD license does not require this, > and we BSD developers work on BSD software because we acknowledge and > even like that aspect of it: we are developing quality software that > can be used for any purposes with effectively no strings attached. > > Besides, apple has and does contribute code back to FreeBSD. > > Kris Regarding this, refer to the many threads in the past 3 months regarding this subject. -Garrett
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