somewhere,..., According to Gates, GPLd software (Linux): "makes it impossible for a commercial company to use any of that work or build on any of that work. So what you saw with TCP/IP or Sendmail, NFS,..., or the browser could never happen."
I suppose this is exactly why BIG corps like Apple,and Juniper, and ..., chose *BSD code initially, But am I glad that Linux's GPL is protecting my bank card in some ATM ? -careful now. :) > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:26:51 +0000 > From: fr...@shute.org.uk > To: sfour...@gmail.com > CC: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; falk...@gamozo.org > Subject: Re: FreeBSD Popularity > > On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 02:44:47AM -0600, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > > > > > To be honest, I think the licence puts off most of the commercial > > > entities. Which is a *good* thing. > > > > > > > Explain your point on this? BSD is supposed to be commercial friendly. > > > > Sam Fourman Jr. > > I saw Linux go from a sort of hobbiest system to what it is now, where > most of the patches come from RedHat, IBM and Novell. > > These patches are focussed on whatever those big companies are > focussed on ATM which doesn't necessarily coincide with what the > user base wants. > > For instance, who cares that Linux is patched to run on IBM Z-series? > > IBM. Not me. > > So you get a lot of cruft in the kernel which has nothing to do with > the desires of the user base but it's what a PHB at IBM wants. > > Yes, there are companies whom use and support FreeBSD but their say > on FreeBSD development is limited and usually welcome. I'm thinking of > Juniper. > > My belief is that the FreeBSD license puts off the big commercial > players because it's written in clear English and can be written on > half a page of A4. > > This puts the ball in the PHB's court unlike the GPL's reams of > legalese which is punted along to the legal department. i.e the PHB > can pass the buck and hence GPL software is used. > > That's just a guess. I can't think why a license, that allows more > freedom than an obtuse license that is dependent on the uncertain > interpretation of a judge, is used. > > > Regards, > > -- > > Frank > > Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _________________________________________________________________ Check your Hotmail from your phone. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712957_______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
