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From: kem@cis.ufl.edu (Kelly Murray)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes
Date: 26 Apr 1993 22:11:42 GMT
Organization: University of Florida
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References: <C5qCnn.5Kw@sugar.neosoft.com> <D87-MAL.93Apr19230114@byse.nada.kth.se> <C5wCM5.DDI@sugar.neosoft.com> <1993Apr23.073110.14397@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <1rhg0hINNjpa@no-names.nerdc.ufl.edu>
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**Please allow me to rephrase my previous post so that it is less confusing.
**(I assumed too much prior knowledge on the part of the reader)
In article <1993Apr23.073110.14397@klaava.Helsinki.FI>, wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) writes:
|> peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
|> >You chose to give up ownership of your code to the FSF.
|>
|> Not correct. Putting code under the GPL does not make it the property
|> of the FSF.
|>
|> Other than that, I agree with Peter, as much as I prefer the GPL over
|> the BSD copyright. There's no need to flame people if they don't
|> copyright _their_ stuff the way you prefer. There is no objective
|> truth that says that the GPL is better than any other copyright, it
|> all depends on what you want to allow others to do.
|>
|> --
|> Lars.Wirzenius@helsinki.fi (finger wirzeniu@klaava.helsinki.fi)
I agree. You have identified the heart of the issue, which is where
the dialog should be focused:
*** What do you want other people to do with your code? ***
/// The GNU answer is that it is better to
prevent commercial companies from using it to
create new and improved proprietary versions, or
incorporating it into existing proprietary software.
GNU wants its work to be used to only create better GNU software.
/// The BSD answer is that it is better to also allow
proprietary work to be created with the software.
BSD wants to see better free software AND better proprietary software.
So you decide which answer you believe will create more benefits
for both computer USERS and computer PROGRAMMERS in the world
and release your code accordingly.
-Kelly Murray (kem@cis.ufl.edu)