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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!192.207.105.50!prodigy.com!darkstar.prodigy.com!davidsen From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) 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: Linux vs whatever Date: 5 Feb 1997 21:51:30 GMT Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY Lines: 22 Message-ID: <5davd2$2mjs@usenet1y.prodigy.net> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5cmvnk$kkh@cynic.portal.ca> <5cr297$ied@garuda.synet.net> <5ctv57$sre@troma.rv.tis.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: darkstar.prodigy.com Originator: davidsen@darkstar.prodigy.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:156982 comp.os.linux.networking:67694 comp.os.linux.setup:96122 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2388 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:52228 comp.os.os2.advocacy:266491 In article <5ctv57$sre@troma.rv.tis.com>, Mark Sienkiewicz <mark@troma.rv.tis.com> wrote: | The two answers are: | | BSD: I give you this for free because I want to make the world | a better place ; you can do what you want with it. | | GPL: I give you this for free because I want to make the world | a better place ; you may not make it your own and sell it. Actually, if you read it, what it says is that you can't prevent someone else from selling it, too, or from seeing the source code. People make lots of money selling GPLd code, look at Linux CDs. The only place I ever had a problem with GPL was the library, and the LGPL solved that. The fact that it took years of people telling RMS he was wrong is not relevant ;-) -- -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) "As a software development model, Anarchy does not scale well." -Dave Welch