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

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <nospam [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>]

>>>>> "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.  (Godwin's Law prevents me from
explicitly mentioning the obvious WWII analogy.)

BSD just gives away the store and asks you not to claim it's the
original if you've changed it.  "Don't worry, be happy."


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