Hi, > Umm, sorry for interrupting. I have checked out the differences btw GPL and > the BSD licenses. It seems that the BSD guys are happy enough to see their > code being used by commercial developers, which is taboo for GPL guys
I wouldn't agree. The clause in the GPL that goes "You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in excange for a fee." enables companies like SuSE and RedHat to do business. >From reading the BSD license one difference I could pick up was that for BSD you don't have to give out the new source code, if you're giving out the binary, but for GPL this is a must, is this right ? thanks -kaushik > :) Now, aren't we digressing from my main question, about supporting the > BSDs as well as linux ? Mr.McOrmond, i believe, has indicated his support > for such an effort. What does the rest of the list say ? > > >Raja Guha wrote: > > > > > > > > > The BSD liscense is considered to be freer - it is more conducive to > > > being accepted by commercial ventures. > > > > Soumyadip Modak > RCCIIT,Kolkata > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html > -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
