On Wed, 08 Jan 2003 16:24:04 +0200, Alexander Maryanovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 3. Linux is Open Source? FreeBSD is Free Software? Am I missing something
> here? Last I checked, Linux was GPL and FreeBSD was BSD, making Linux Free
> Software and FreeBSD OSS. I would've believed it was an honest mistake,
A. Every GPLed software is automatically "open source".
B. FreeBSD is released under the "modified BSD license"
<URL: http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html >
The GNU licenses list - "Various Licenses and Comments about Them"
<URL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html >
says:
"The modified BSD license"
This is the original BSD license, modified by removal of the
advertising clause. It is a simple, permissive non-copyleft
free software license, compatible with the GNU GPL.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
i.e. FreeBSD, PHP any many other "open source" are also free
software by GNU (and RMS) definition. They are not "COPYLEFT"
(they can be closed and lacks the viral nature).
> 5. The Theodore Ts'o lecture was of course much better, but too business
> oriented for me. I would've preferred to hear about Linux kernel
> development, relationships between the main developers, perhaps his stand
> on the BitKeeper issue, etc. Not his fault of course... this is
> what he's been asked to talk about by IBM.
He said that most of his time now goes to administrative tasks.
Ehud.
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