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.
You are the idiot I only restated what you said above!!!
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.
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Stephen Clark
*NetWolves*
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