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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:34660 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1682 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.uoregon.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!serval!luke.eecs.wsu.edu!hlu From: hlu@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (HJ Lu) Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes Message-ID: <1993Apr17.190517.4276@serval.net.wsu.edu> Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Washington State University! References: <1993Apr15.225354.18654@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1qo0lq$1hm4@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1993Apr17.161516.2794@serval.net.wsu.edu> <1993Apr17.175431.25015@coe.montana.edu> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 93 19:05:17 GMT Lines: 42 In article <1993Apr17.175431.25015@coe.montana.edu> nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes: >In article <1993Apr17.161516.2794@serval.net.wsu.edu> hlu@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (HJ Lu) writes: >>In article <1qo0lq$1hm4@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes: >>> >>>In article <1993Apr15.225354.18654@samba.oit.unc.edu> >>>Brandon.Vanevery@launchpad.unc.edu (Brandon Vanevery) writes: >>>> >>>> 386BSD has better TCP/IP, for now. >>>> >>>> Linux is far less resource-hungry, due to shared libraries. >>> >>>For now. >>> >> >>Linux will use whatever better in 386bsd. But 386bsd has to >>start from scratch, unless you do it yourself. For example, >>387 emulation and C library. > >And then Linux and the GNU folks will take what 386BSD has done and >restrict it. Now, isn't that nice....... taking my work and restricting >it. I always thought that was awful kind of them. (NOT!) > > >Nate > >Who really likes GNU utilities, but hates the way alot of folks take >other peoples programs and code, fix them and then don't make the >changes 'completely redistributable; If everybody did that, the GNU copyright would not be a problem. Is your purpose to let someone make "completely non-redistributable" stuff? Am I missing something? You have gave us freedom (Thanks). We have made our decision and you can get our code for free with some reasonable conditions. Why do you complain? That is what you ask for. Please blame it on yourself. If someone did something to your code and didn't tell your about that or wanted to charge you $$$$ or didn't want you to give it away to others, would you complain? H.J.