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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!newsspool.wisc.edu!koala.uwec.edu!daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu!tigger!not-for-mail From: bl03@uwrf.edu (BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Date: 11 Dec 1995 22:18:35 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4aianr$52o@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <49o2n2$t4e@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> <49osrd$ptg@times.tfs.com> <49rm0g$o8o@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> <DJ2IBL.71t@nntpa.cb.att.com> <DJ3DM7.n0L@kroete2.freinet.de> <4ag0pi$rqg@sundog.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: tigger.acc.uwrf.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:29893 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10153 comp.unix.advocacy:12000 comp.unix.misc:19984 Rick Kelly (rmk@rmkhome.com) wrote: : Erik Corry (erik@kroete2.freinet.de) wrote: : : You say the FreeBSD kernel is 'unencumbered with the GPL'. The GPL : : may be an encumberance to you, but to Linux/GNU developers, the : : BSD license is also an encumberance: which means you can't use : : BSD code in the Linux kernel or in a GPL'ed application. : : : The other major encumberance of the GPL is that noone can 'do a BSDI' : : with Linux, i.e. copy the code and create a private version. That's not : : perceived as a disadvantage by most Linux developers, in fact for many : : it is a prerequisite. For example, Alan Cox has stated that he does : : GPL development for free, but wants to be paid for development under : : other licenses. : : Linus has the primary copyright on the Linux kernel. He can do with it : what he wants, including removing it from the GPL... Sorry..It's very hard to take something out of GPL once it's in it.=) You have to re-write all the parts that are GPLed. So this part of your logic is not really good.=) Try again!