Am 14.04.11 17:05, schrieb Steve Clark: > On 04/14/2011 10:04 AM, Marc Balmer wrote: >> Am 13.04.11 04:08, schrieb Ryan Whelan: >>> Watching the mailing list, it -seems- like BSDs are more prevalent on >>> the soekris platforms then Linux. I've only ever used Linux ( a custom >>> Buildroot build and hand-rolled kernel ). I am NOT trying to troll, and >>> I know this is a technical mailing list, but I'm really curious why >>> those that chose BSDs chose them? Without being a BSD user, I'm hoping >>> to get some insight into what I don't know. >>> >>> I really want to know the reasons for the decision, not start a flame >>> war- I promise >> >> Here is why _we_ use *BSD: Because the license matters for us. The GPL >> mandates to make changes public again, publish source code and such. >> The BSD license has no such requirments. It usually just says keep the >> copright intact. That is very liberal and useful for when we do >> embedded stuff. >> >> So for a start, compare the GPL and the BSD/ISC/MIT licenses, and you >> will spot differences. > > I guess that attitude is ok if you always want to be a taker and never a > giver.
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