Re: Linux and Free BSD CDs at Sheffield University ( was :X Serversfor win32 & telnet logins)

[Jim Jackson <nospam [at] scs.leeds.ac.uk>]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> >>>>> "wulfie" == wulfie  <root [at] wulfric7.co.uk> writes:
> 
>     wulfie> I'm up for FreeBSD 3.4 - I believe the BSD license is as
>     wulfie> liberal as the GPL where copying stuff is concerned.
> 
> No comparison, on freedom BSD wins hands down.  GPL's whole philosophy
> depends on maintaining monopoly rights, enforcing them strictly, and
> attempting to use any leverage possible to extend them.  For the
> public benefit, of course, but in practice the legal _behaviors_ of Bill
> Gates and rms are impossible to distinguish, except that Gates has more
> money to buy more lawyers with.

It also depends on what YOU the author of the software feel about the
issue. Many people spend a large amount of creative time on their software
and want to share it, source and all, with the world, but not have any
one else rip it off and use it in proprietary non-open source software for
profit. The GPL neatly prevents that - it is a good thing. The BSD licence
does not prevent this.



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