On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 08:21:33PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 19:37, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 18:02, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > > > Kevin McKinley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 16:44:34 -0400 > > > > > Bijan Soleymani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > When was this? It's pretty much been this way since the late 70s and > > > > > > surely since the 80s. Unix was never free at first. Not until Linux > > > > > > came around and the BSD's became free. > > > > > > > > > > Au contraire! > > > > > > > > > > When UNIX was first released it was free as in both freedom and beer. > > > > > > > > > > Then the lawyers got involved. :( > > > > > > > > It was developped by AT&T. Did they release it as free software, but > > > > then revoke their free license. If so how did they take it back > > > > later. Is it possible to retract a license like that? If they didn't > > > > why did the BSD's have to get rid of all AT&T code. > > > > > > Well, if the "free license" was written to be revokable, then they > > > could revoke it. Remember, as much as some people would like to > > > think it, RMS didn't carve the GPL in stone with his finger, so > > > that Moses could carry it down the Mountain... > > > > "You're free to use this software as long as we feel like it", doesn't > > sound like a Free Software license to me. > > Who says it's a Free Software license? I sure did not... > > AT&T created it, AT&T had the right to how, when and under what > conditions to disseminate it.
If I remember correctly they were forbidden from selling it due to antitrust related government concerns. Geordie. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
