Re: GPL version 4
moving m...@openbsd.org to Bcc Please do not post discussions of GPL politics to OpenBSD mailing lists. You know we have different views, so cross-posting is pure trolling. -d On Mon, 15 Dec 2008, Mark Kirkwood wrote: > valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:31:15 +0800, Morton Harrow said: > > > > > > > I see with pain in my heart that the GPLv3 doesn't actually give the > > > users of GPLv3 software the liberty and freedom the FSF has been > > > fighting for. Instead they are forced to play by the strict set of > > > terms the GPLv3 provides. > > > > > > > You missed an important philosophical point. In Richard Stallman's world > > view, > > it isn't the user's freedoms that matter, it's the *software*s freedom. > > > > > > I don't think it is that bad - the intent is for the software to be freely > available for *people* to use. It is actually about our freedom. > > regards > > Mark > > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Think outside of the box (Gawd, I hate that term)
Matt Heath wrote: > don't worry, we're working on it > > http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/ > > Theo occasionally pops by to comp.os.plan9 (last time to "discuss" licences) > (he coverts the plan9 compilers) > > plan9 is an OS research platform > > some of it's tools have been kind of back-ported to the unix likes > (wily, 9wm) > > I use plan9 as my development platform as it is a delight to use. > > Don't expect eye candy, it is an OS to get work done. Just don't try to use it in a commercial product unless you have a commercial license or a small army of laywers to help you through the license morass. Compare the Plan9 license[1] with the OpenBSD license policy[2] and recommended license[3] sometime. -d [1] http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/license.html [2] http://www.openbsd.org/policy.html [3] http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/share/misc/license.template?rev=1.2 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
