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From: The Laughing Fool <fool@uvic.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 01:15:43 -0800
Organization: Irresponsible people armed with unix
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John S. Dyson wrote:
> 
> Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> >
> > In article <5d81k0$8j4@cynic.portal.ca>,
> >         Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.portal.ca> wrote:
> 
> >
> > >All the GNU licence does is prevent a certain type
> > >of commercial exploitation, which is at best neutral, and at worst
> > >a handicap.
> >
> > Handicap to whom?
> >
> The developers who apply the technologies in Linux, piece by piece
> or as a whole, incorporated into finished product.  This is a problem
> when Linux has to be substantially modified to work for that
> application.  It is very likely that the IP will be encumbered
> under the GPL.  That is a HUGE negative for Linux, sorry...
> 
> On the desktop, FreeBSD can run most Linux applications, and in
> fact is pretty much a bug-for-bug emulation.  Linux is not
> generally overly encumbered for 3rd party developers, however
> the LGPL *could* make their lives a little more difficult due
> to the need to dynamically link (you know, the library of the
> month problem), or to offer link packages (which isn't a real
> problem, just yet another problem.)
> 
> As far as 3rd party product, Linux's license terms aren't any
> worse (or much, if any better) than NT or SCO.
> 
> >
> > If FreeBSD is less handicapped than Linux in terms of commercial
> > explotation potential, someone forgot to tell the exploiters.
> >
> FreeBSD has more exploitation potential, but Linux is being
> used more on the desktop.  Frankly, we are vastly better accepted
> and trusted in our market than Linux is...  (BTW, I sure hope
> that the exploiters are supplying link kits or don't have problems
> with the library-of-the-month problem.)
> 
> (BTW, most all of those commercial exploits of Linux, are also
>  potential exploits of FreeBSD -- isn't it cool!!!)  I buy
>  software meant for Linux and use it -- and it runs great!!!
> 
>  Kind of (Win 3.1 is to Win NT) is like (Linux is to FreeBSD).
> 
> John

Bitter. You are bitttttter. Relax boy, unixes fighting each other: bad
scene. The Superiourity of Unix A over Unix B... I've been hearing this
since 1982.