+-------[ Terry Lambert ]---------------------- | Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote: | > | I can't argue with that; historically, IBM has never sued anyone, and | > | they were oh so happy to consider another license for the year I tried | > | to push for it for use in a FreeBSD based IBM product. Not. | > | > Of course not, the GPL protects them from competitors taking and improving | > their product and selling it at a profit without having to share. Ironic | > isn't it, that the GPL has become a tool of the "oppressors" d8) | | Perhaps you missed the fact that I was *ALSO* IBM at the time.
I didn't. I wasn't saying you were a competitor, just that the GPL is a convenient license for corporations to use. IBM are bigger than most governments, were you surprised that the bureaucracy is too? -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | | ACN: 082 081 472 ABN: 83 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |[EMAIL PROTECTED]| To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message