Re: bcw(4) is gone

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Date: Monday, April 9, 2007 - 11:21 pm

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 08:20:33PM -0500, Marco Peereboom wrote:
> It is because you do not understand the definition of free.  Let me

quoted text> quote some relevant passages from dictionary.com:

>  * exempt from external authority, interference, restriction, etc.

>  * able to do something at will

>  * exempt or released from something specified that controls, restrains,

>    burdens, etc.

Any license at all is a release from the total copyright held by any

author by default.
>  * given without consideration of a return or reward
The GPL 'gives' to the comunity in consideration of getting back

enhancements to the origional.  The BSD just gives.
>  * not subject to special regulations, restrictions, duties, etc.

quoted text> 
Any licence short of releasing to public domain imposes _some_

restrictions.  There are just fewer in BSD compared with GPLv2 and fewer

in GPLv2 than in the proposed GPLv3.
Doug.

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bcw(4) is gone, Diana Eichert, (Thu Apr 5, 2:55 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, frantisek holop, (Tue Apr 10, 6:19 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Reyk Floeter, (Tue Apr 10, 6:31 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Doug Brewer, (Tue Apr 10, 7:33 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Reyk Floeter, (Tue Apr 10, 5:11 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Marc Balmer, (Thu Apr 5, 3:29 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, , (Fri Apr 6, 10:13 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Siegbert Marschall, (Fri Apr 6, 8:50 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Darrin Chandler, (Thu Apr 5, 3:24 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Diana Eichert, (Thu Apr 5, 3:16 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Bret Lambert, (Thu Apr 5, 3:36 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Steven Harms, (Thu Apr 5, 4:03 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Daniel Ouellet, (Thu Apr 5, 5:25 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, , (Fri Apr 6, 10:22 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Shawn K. Quinn, (Mon Apr 9, 12:46 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Greg Thomas, (Mon Apr 9, 1:39 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Artur Grabowski, (Mon Apr 9, 11:03 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Jeroen Massar, (Mon Apr 9, 1:29 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra, (Wed Apr 11, 6:59 am)

GPL is free for forcing people to free code, not free as in ..., Jeroen Massar, (Wed Apr 11, 9:26 am)

Re: GPL is free for forcing people to free code when they pu..., Rui Miguel Silva Seabra, (Wed Apr 11, 11:07 am)

Re: GPL is free for forcing people to free code when they pu..., Jeroen Massar, (Wed Apr 11, 11:18 am)

Re: GPL is [blah blah blah ...], Matthew R. Dempsky, (Wed Apr 11, 12:05 pm)

Re: GPL is free for forcing people to free code when they pu..., Darrin Chandler, (Wed Apr 11, 11:45 am)

Re: GPL is free for forcing people to free code when they pu..., chefren, (Wed Apr 11, 4:25 pm)

Re: GPL is free for forcing people to free code when they pu..., Lars Hansson, (Wed Apr 11, 10:51 pm)

Re: GPL is free for forcing people to free code when they pu..., Jack J. Woehr, (Wed Apr 11, 5:09 pm)

Re: GPL is free for forcing people to free code when they pu..., Nick Holland, (Thu Apr 12, 7:08 am)

Re: GPL is free for forcing people to free code when they pu..., Darrin Chandler, (Wed Apr 11, 4:52 pm)

Re: GPL is free for forcing people to free code when they pu..., Umnada Tyrolla, (Fri Apr 13, 8:25 am)

Re: GPL is free for forcing people to free code when they pu..., Karel Kulhavy, (Fri Jul 20, 3:59 am)

Re: GPL is free for forcing people to free code when they pu..., stuart van Zee, (Fri Apr 13, 10:24 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Shawn K. Quinn, (Mon Apr 9, 2:32 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Tobias Weisserth, (Mon Apr 9, 2:21 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Artur Grabowski, (Mon Apr 9, 11:00 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Adam, (Mon Apr 9, 2:49 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Tobias Weisserth, (Mon Apr 9, 8:07 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Marco Peereboom, (Mon Apr 9, 9:20 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Massimo Lusetti, (Wed Apr 11, 10:25 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Timo Schoeler, (Wed Apr 11, 12:47 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Marc Balmer, (Wed Apr 11, 2:08 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Timo Schoeler, (Wed Apr 11, 2:20 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Mike Erdely, (Wed Apr 11, 2:50 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Open Phugu, (Thu Apr 12, 1:10 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, RedShift, (Tue Apr 10, 2:49 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Artur Grabowski, (Tue Apr 10, 4:41 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Leonardo Rodrigues, (Tue Apr 10, 3:53 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Douglas Allan Tutty, (Mon Apr 9, 11:21 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Tobias Weisserth, (Mon Apr 9, 9:26 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Lars Hansson, (Mon Apr 9, 11:53 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Adam, (Mon Apr 9, 11:15 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Timo Schoeler, (Tue Apr 10, 2:27 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Darren Spruell, (Mon Apr 9, 10:12 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Marco Peereboom, (Mon Apr 9, 9:46 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Greg Thomas, (Mon Apr 9, 10:16 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Jason Dixon, (Mon Apr 9, 10:34 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Shawn K. Quinn, (Wed Apr 11, 7:02 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Todd Alan Smith, (Wed Apr 11, 8:10 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Greg Thomas, (Mon Apr 9, 10:56 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Robby Workman, (Mon Apr 9, 2:43 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Tobias Weisserth, (Mon Apr 9, 7:48 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Marco Peereboom, (Mon Apr 9, 8:56 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Weldon Goree, (Fri Apr 6, 11:18 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Matthias Kilian, (Thu Apr 5, 6:55 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Woodchuck, (Thu Apr 5, 6:25 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Andrés Delfino, (Thu Apr 5, 6:13 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Rogier Krieger, (Thu Apr 5, 7:21 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Andrés Delfino, (Thu Apr 5, 7:26 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Damien Miller, (Fri Apr 6, 5:56 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, chefren, (Fri Apr 6, 4:32 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Floor Terra, (Fri Apr 6, 8:39 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Gordon Willem Klok, (Thu Apr 5, 8:13 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Simon Effenberg, (Fri Apr 6, 2:57 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Travers Buda, (Thu Apr 5, 8:00 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Daniel Ouellet, (Thu Apr 5, 6:45 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Andrés Delfino, (Thu Apr 5, 6:51 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Dries Schellekens, (Thu Apr 5, 7:23 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Floor Terra, (Thu Apr 5, 7:15 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Henning Brauer, (Fri Apr 6, 9:38 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Weldon Goree, (Fri Apr 6, 3:06 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Marco Peereboom, (Fri Apr 6, 10:46 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Douglas Allan Tutty, (Fri Apr 6, 12:15 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Dan Farrell, (Fri Apr 6, 1:03 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, bofh, (Fri Apr 6, 10:58 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Dan Farrell, (Fri Apr 6, 12:16 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Steven Harms, (Thu Apr 5, 7:08 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Andrés Delfino, (Thu Apr 5, 7:14 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Steven Harms, (Thu Apr 5, 9:24 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, darren kirby, (Fri Apr 6, 2:27 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Lars Hansson, (Mon Apr 9, 11:23 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Jacob Yocom-Piatt, (Fri Apr 6, 12:17 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone , Marcus Watts, (Fri Apr 6, 11:50 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Darren Spruell, (Fri Apr 6, 4:42 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Jack J. Woehr, (Fri Apr 6, 4:57 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Gordon Willem Klok, (Fri Apr 6, 3:12 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone , Marcus Watts, (Fri Apr 6, 3:49 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Matthew R. Dempsky, (Fri Apr 6, 2:20 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, bofh, (Fri Apr 6, 1:30 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone , Marcus Watts, (Fri Apr 6, 2:26 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Stefan Sperling, (Fri Apr 6, 2:23 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Jon Simola, (Fri Apr 6, 7:55 pm)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Stuart Henderson, (Fri Apr 6, 4:54 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Antoine Jacoutot, (Fri Apr 6, 3:32 am)

Re: bcw(4) is gone, Nick !, (Thu Apr 5, 7:04 pm)


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