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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: GPL (was: Linux vs whatever)
Date: 31 Jan 1997 16:32:51 GMT
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
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In article <5cr4ec$ihq@garuda.synet.net>,
Dave Bodenstab <imdave@synet.net> wrote:
> I've not followed this entire thread in excruciating detail, but if I
> were asked to characterize the subject being discussed, I would summarize
> it as "people whining about not being able to use someone else's work to
> make a buck for themselves." Of course, this is the impression *I've*
> gotten.
You're reading it with your neocortex disconnected, then.
I don't make one red cent from the sale of BSD software, neither do most
of the people involved in this thread. The ones who do aren't hoarding the
source, they're giving it away. They're simply more interested in the
propogation of the underlying principles and protocols of the code, rather
than who owns the bits.
The fact that Linux and NT both use the socket interface is a "win". Whether
the code is written using the BSD stack is secondary, though of course we
would rather you use the BSD stack simply because it makes our lives easier
if the systems we have to connect to have working networking code.
> The question of "whether the GPL is a good thing" -- that is, indeed, a
> much more interesting, and perhaps, useful topic to discuss. However, I've
> seen very few postings that attempt to address this issue.
Detach your bias, reenable your neocortex, and try rereading things again.
--
The Reverend Peter da Silva, ULC, COQO, BOFH.
Har du kramat din varg, idag? `-_-'