Jorge Luis <jorgeluiscorreioeletronico <at> gmail.com> writes: > > I am posting just for fun. > > FreeBSD isn't Free. > > * 4.3. Licensee shall not export, either directly or indirectly, any of > this > * software or system incorporating such software without first obtaining > any > * required license or other approval from the U. S. Department of Commerce > or > * any other agency or department of the United States Government. In the > * event Licensee exports any such software from the United States or > * re-exports any such software from a foreign destination, Licensee shall > * ensure that the distribution and export/re-export of the software is in > * compliance with all laws, regulations, orders, or other restrictions of > the > * U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Licensee agrees that neither it > nor > * any of its subsidiaries will export/re-export any technical data, > process, > * software, or service, directly or indirectly, to any country for which > the > * United States government or any agency thereof requires an export > license, > * other governmental approval, or letter of assurance, without first > obtaining > * such license, approval or letter. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica/hardware/hwsleep.c?rev=1.2 > > If FreeBSD isn't free, who is free? > > Linux? > > NetBSD? > > DragonflyBSD? > > I want to program and use software and hardware just a hobby, but I not > want to waste my money on a false ideal. > >
Not even OpenBSD is Free because it requires time, patience, hardware, skill, money, community, and other parts. This old license has been superseded by another. If you want to make a difference, see about having the BSDs work together instead of catering to the vanity of another. You would not try to approach someone in real life with such an attitude unless you were a fool or a man looking for revenge. Either which way, both are displays of pure stupidity. You present yourself in such a way without researching the other side of the argument. Had this been reversed, you would have been offended by such behavior, words, and actions. It is interesting that you would waste this much energy in trying to start a fight than you would in solving a problem and creating something beneficial and useful to yourself and others. So, where did you go wrong? By believing without thinking or by acting without taking anything into retrospect? It is very questionable, now isn't it?
