Amen On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: > <sigh> > http://www.fsf.org/working-together/ > </sigh> > > On 31 July 2011 10:48, sanga collins <[email protected]> wrote: >> What freedom exactly are you missing from apples interpretation of the BSD >> code. I see alot of folks yelling for 'freedom' but with the few areas where >> the freedom is granted they are not doing anything useful at all >> >> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 4:17 AM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Well there is a major difference between the way Apple uses the BSD >>> licensed code and the way Google does. Apple have taken BSD licensed >>> code, made changes and then released it as proprietary code, whereas >>> Google has taken it, made changes and then released it as BSD licensed >>> code. Apple have taken away our freedom while Google retains it. >>> >>> Having said this I am not a fan of permissive licensing. I would never >>> contribute any code to a project that had such a license. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Tim >>> >>> On 31 July 2011 07:33, joachim Gwoke <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Schofield does mention use of BSD code and license on android. Now from >>> > what we see apple has always taken this route and made a lot of money from >>> > it. Can the droid people do the same? Seems to me that extremely >>> > permissive >>> > licensing like that of the bsd people keeps them in the shadows. >>> > >>> > >>> > regards >>> > Joachim >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>> > >>> > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >>> > [email protected] >>> > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>> > >>> > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>> > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>> > >>> > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>> > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >>> > any way. >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> WebERP Africa Ltd >>> +447710427049 >>> +256752963327 >>> +255758554413 >>> www.weberpafrica.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>> >>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >>> [email protected] >>> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>> >>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>> >>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >>> any way. >> >> >> >> -- >> Sanga M. Collins >> Network Engineering >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 >> E- fax: (435) 578 7411 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > > > > -- > WebERP Africa Ltd > +447710427049 > +256752963327 > +255758554413 > www.weberpafrica.com > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. > _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug
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