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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:34720 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1700 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!psinntp!ukelele!tmcwill From: tmcwill@ukelele.GCR.COM (Thomas McWilliams) Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes Message-ID: <C5nytp.Fo6@ukelele.GCR.COM> Organization: Genuine Computing Resources, Woodbridge, VA References: <1qo0lq$1hm4@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1993Apr17.161516.2794@serval.net.wsu.edu> <1993Apr17.175431.25015@coe.montana.edu> <1993Apr17.193029.5707@klaava.helsinki.fi> <1993Apr17.210303.12001@coe.montana.edu> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1993 05:20:13 GMT Lines: 18 nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes: >The stdio code that HJ has done lots of work on(and I commend him on >it). The original code, before he fixed some of the bugs, was originally >distributed by AT&T, but HJ's fixes are now GPL code, so in order to >get working stdio code we have to do those fixes all over in order to Why do you need Linux developers to fix BSD code? It seems that the logical choice would be to take the fixes from BSDI. They are using the same NET/2 sources as you. BSD/386 is available with source code. If the NET/2 sources had been protected by the GPL then you wouldn't have various BSD factions re-inventing the wheel, duplicating efforts, wasting time, stalling progress. The purpose the GPL is to prevent this lunacy. The GPL encourages the sharing of improvements, a good thing in my opinion. Thomas -- tmcwill@gcr.com