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Re: Did I finally figure out the rationale?
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Tim Smith |
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Re: Did I finally figure out the rationale? |
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Sun, 27 May 2007 12:04:25 -0700 |
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In article <mailman.1326.1180261804.32220.gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org>,
"Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org> wrote:
> The Modifed BSD license doesn't keep software free, so you are simply
> spreading misinformation. It was the exact point of the GPL to keep
> something that was free, free. You will never be able to figure out
> what Microsoft did to the BSD stack for example, since they have made
> the work non-free; the GPL's sole aim is to see that such things will
> _not_ happen.
That's not correct. Modified BSD keeps software free. What it does not
do is prevent making new non-free software using the free software. The
free software Microsoft started with is still free.
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--Tim Smith
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