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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:35593 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1892 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!darwin.sura.net!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!gatech!usenet.ufl.edu!zoyd!kem From: kem@cis.ufl.edu (Kelly Murray) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: GNUified Linux vs FREE 386BSD Date: 21 Apr 1993 20:31:40 GMT Organization: University of Florida Lines: 28 Sender: kem@zoyd (Kelly Murray) Distribution: world Message-ID: <1r4avcINNlr9@no-names.nerdc.ufl.edu> References: <1993Apr15.225354.18654@samba.oit.unc.edu> <HSU.93Apr21142407@cardhu.cs.hut.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: zoyd.prl.ufl.edu In article <HSU.93Apr21142407@cardhu.cs.hut.fi>, hsu@cs.hut.fi (Heikki Suonsivu) writes: |> |> In article <1qus7eINNcib@no-names.nerdc.ufl.edu> kem@zoyd.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Kelly Murray) writes: |> provides benefits to EVERYBODY. Everybody includes people who create |> |> Not quite, lots of free code is taken by large corporations, on which they |> stick their own copyright and prevent the fixes and enchancements from |> being used by anyone else. I have seen this, BSD copyright with "Copyright |> 1992 HAL corporation, all rights reserver, this code is protected by trade |> secrets act" or something like this. I said that really-free programs provide benefits to everyone, not commercial versions based on them. (Commercial software based on really-free software also provides benefits (a related point), but I get the impression you do not acknowledge this.) |> |> Preventing this is what GPL is all about; it restricts the software from |> being restricted. True, some people don't like this, but they do have many |> alternatives, so they should have nothing to complain about? If they don't |> like paying for other people's work, they can always write their own |> compilers with no restrictions? I don't think you read my post. The first line I say exactly this. Now whether I like it, I think my position is clear: really free software provides more benefits than GNUifed software. -Kelly