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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!csn!copper!aspen.craycos.com!jrbd From: jrbd@craycos.com (James Davies) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Restrictions on 'free' UNIX / 386BSD (Re: selling 386BSD) Summary: parts are already under copyleft Message-ID: <1992Aug14.205511.15778@craycos.com> Date: 14 Aug 92 20:55:11 GMT References: <x> <l8n8qcINN2c5@neuro.usc.edu> Organization: Cray Computer Corporation Lines: 12 In article <l8n8qcINN2c5@neuro.usc.edu> merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) writes: >If people like cgd really feel obligated to contribute 'contaminated' code >then their contributions should be made available separately from the free >redistributable core -- preferably in a separate 'restricted' distribution >-- and clearly labeled 'infectious waste' -- with ample warnings to future >users of such code about potential intellectual property rights claims and >intellectual health risks. In my opinion the same label should be applied >to anything carrying the even more restrictive GNU copyleft. Excuse my ignorance, but doesn't 386BSD use gcc? Sounds like it's already contaminated beyond all hope of redemption...