Re: [TCLUG:17728] Motif has gone opensource!

[Daniel Taylor <dante@plethora.net>]

Free speech, not free beer. 

Daniel Taylor                Embedded and custom Linux integration.
dante@plethora.net           (612)747-1609

On Wed, 17 May 2000, Gabe Turner wrote:

> > 
> > This, in general, prevents a company from using code to their own
> > advantage and not contributing back to the community. Which *can* happen
> > with BSD-style licenses. Examples are endless: Solaris, the Strongarm web
> > server, I believe even Windows contains BSD code (ping, etc)! These
> > companies give nothing back, and that sucks.
> 
> This is exaclty the point of the BSD license.  If I write some code and I GPL
> it, it's not "free" because Big Company X can't use it "freely" in their proprietary program.  It's kind of a paradox: The GPL doesn't let you make your code
> free as it limits people to having to keep it free.  Make sense?  Maybe not,
> but that's what I think.  IMHO, "Free" means no strings attached.  Every license
> _except_ the BSD license have such strings.
> 
> Gabe
> 
> > 
> > Luke
> > 
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