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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.help:8865 comp.os.386bsd.questions:6878 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!wupost!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!wariat.org!kf8nh!bsa From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: FreeBSD vs. Linux References: <2bs065$1gd@news.cs.tulane.edu> <fenCGIzuK.K5J@netcom.com> Organization: Brandon's Linux box and AmPR node, Mentor, OH Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1993 16:42:16 GMT Message-ID: <1993Nov15.164216.5591@kf8nh.wariat.org> Lines: 19 In article <fenCGIzuK.K5J@netcom.com> fen@netcom.com (Fen Labalme) writes: >I am very surprised that I just read 33 responses comparing Linux and >Free/NetBSD and I saw no mention of one of the best reasons I know of >to be using Linux: > > Linux is the only one of the bunch that is copylefted !! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ahem. Some people *prefer* the terms of the BSD copyright. Is there any particular reason, aside from egotism, why the Linux and *BSD communities *have* to bicker at each other instead of cooperating? (Not that almost ten years of experience with Usenet BSD egotism makes me hopeful...) ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery kf8nh@kf8nh.ampr.org bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org "MSDOS didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten years of careful development." ---dmeggins@aix1.uottawa.ca