RE: IBM beckons Linux fans to server line -- MIDRANGE-NONTECH

Martin,

Thanks for your comments...!  WAY TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS...!

I ACCEPT your challenge...!  Squeeze it in, in my spare (hee hee) time...!
If nothing happens before the end of the year, you can expect it by then, or
sooner.

As far as OpenBSD and NetBSD, help me with my research.  I just seen the
FreeBSD license.  Is there a difference between these (OpenBSD and NetBSD
running on the GPL?).  But, in general, I like ANYTHING better than Linux...
(But especially OS/400...!)

Any links appreciated.  Seen plenty off of Gnu (so am familiar with them).

jt

| -----Original Message-----
| From: midrange-nontech-admin@midrange.com
| [mailto:midrange-nontech-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Martin Rowe
| Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 3:21 PM
| To: Midrange Nontech
| Subject: 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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