RE: IBM beckons Linux fans to server line

On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 16:47, jt wrote:
> david,
>
> What else would you be looking for?
>
> Personally, I'd also like to see similar initiatives for FreeBSD that Linux
> is getting, but...  I dunno.
>
> jt

JT

Why just FreeBSD? What about OpenBSD or NetBSD? I don't know how much of
IBM's support for Linux is because it was getting the most prominence at
the time, or because their own techies had already done most of the work
before it became official policy. I'd be interested in knowing just what
effect the license difference (GPL vs BSD) makes. Your comment on
Midrange-L about the GPL being restrictive is true to a point, but only
in that you can't license a derivative work under a more restrictive
license. There's no such restriction with BSD code, with results like MS
using the BSD TCP/IP stack themselves - and they don't exactly
contribute much back to the open source community (be it GPL, BSD or any
of the other open licenses).

In short, just what is your beef with Linux/GPL code? ;-) You've made
statements that show you don't like it, but no examples of why - there's
an opener for you <vbg>. Feel free to take it private if you think it's
too OT, even for NonTech.

Regards, Martin
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