From: simon@dcs.rhbnc.ac.uk (Simon Richardson) Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes Date: 28 Apr 1993 08:17:54 GMT
In article <1993Apr23.073110.14397@klaava.Helsinki.FI>, wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) writes:
>
> I agree. You have identified the heart of the issue, which is where
> the dialog should be focused:
>
> *** What do you want other people to do with your code? ***
>
> /// The GNU answer is that it is better to
> prevent commercial companies from using it.
> (not without sources, blah, blah, blah)
> GNU want to see better GNU software.
>
> /// The BSD answer is that it is better to also allow
> commercial companies to use it.
> We want to see better free software AND better commercial software.
>
> So you decide which you believe, and release your code accordingly.
>
> -Kelly Murray (kem@cis.ufl.edu)
kem@cis.ufl.edu (Kelly Murray) writes:
>
> I agree. You have identified the heart of the issue, which is where
> the dialog should be focused:
>
> *** What do you want other people to do with your code? ***
>
> /// The GNU answer is that it is better to
> prevent commercial companies from using it to
> create new and improved proprietary versions, or
> incorporating it into existing proprietary software.
> GNU wants its work to be used to only create better GNU software.
>
> /// The BSD answer is that it is better to also allow
> proprietary work to be created with the software.
> BSD wants to see better free software AND better proprietary software.
>
> So you decide which answer you believe will create more benefits
> for both computer USERS and computer PROGRAMMERS in the world
> and release your code accordingly.
>
> -Kelly Murray (kem@cis.ufl.edu)
>
Oops. I got onto this thread late, 'cos I've only recently arrived on this
newsgroup. I normally spend my time on other, less practical and more "bull
oriented" newsgroups, that deal with issues like "how do we think, feel and
act". (EG alt.polyamory)
***112: ^ Wierdo error
In these other newsgroups, a lot of the threads can be boiled down to "this
is the moral way to behave" v "no one can stop me from doing what I want to
do" argument. It all gets a bit fundamental, and the old hands switch off.
Tired of all this, I go to a group that might show me a little of how to
manage a 386BSD setup. And what do I find?
Well, come on people. At least head your posts either "I feel I have a
right to tell people what to do" or "I have a right to do as I please".
That way we will have some chance of figuring out why people are flaming one
another.
I use 386BSD because it seems to work, and it lets me work on UNIX without
lashing out quantities of groats. (I don't *have* quantities of groats.
:-( ) I am not sure if, should I develop a useful UNIX application and
attempt to market it (quite likely) I would switch to SCO UNIX for the
sales. But that depends on how I interpret the licensing agreements.
It also depends on how much I want to be involved in "UNIX support". You
know, like answering telephones and driving the country in vans? You know,
like *boring* stuff?
When I release code, I either give it away or sell it. I don't worry about
rights. If I want to worry about rights, I sell it to someone and let them
worry. If I don't, I don't.
To quote Benjy Mouse (a hyperintellegent pandimensional galactic being) "If
it comes to a question of taking the money and running, then I for one could
do with the exercise."
Simon