On 04/14/2011 10:04 AM, Marc Balmer wrote: > Am 13.04.11 04:08, schrieb Ryan Whelan: >> Watching the mailing list, it -seems- like BSDs are more prevalent on >> the soekris platforms then Linux. I've only ever used Linux ( a custom >> Buildroot build and hand-rolled kernel ). I am NOT trying to troll, and >> I know this is a technical mailing list, but I'm really curious why >> those that chose BSDs chose them? Without being a BSD user, I'm hoping >> to get some insight into what I don't know. >> >> I really want to know the reasons for the decision, not start a flame >> war- I promise > > Here is why _we_ use *BSD: Because the license matters for us. The GPL > mandates to make changes public again, publish source code and such. > The BSD license has no such requirments. It usually just says keep the > copright intact. That is very liberal and useful for when we do > embedded stuff. > > So for a start, compare the GPL and the BSD/ISC/MIT licenses, and you > will spot differences.
I guess that attitude is ok if you always want to be a taker and never a giver. -- Stephen Clark *NetWolves* Sr. Software Engineer III Phone: 813-579-3200 Fax: 813-882-0209 Email: [email protected] http://www.netwolves.com _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
