Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 04:37:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 04:37:15 -0400 Received: from 62-190-201-115.pdu.pipex.net ([62.190.201.115]:8196 "EHLO darkstar.example.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 04:37:14 -0400 From: jbradford@dial.pipex.com Message-Id: <200210060851.g968pSgY000235@darkstar.example.net> Subject: Re: an open letter to Geor To: rickh@capaccess.org (Rick A. Hohensee) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 09:51:28 +0100 (BST) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: from "Rick A. Hohensee" at Oct 05, 2002 10:17:11 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1631 Lines: 32 > A snippet of the Plan 9 license.... [snip] That is, indeed, a quote from the current Plan 9 license. You cut the paragraph a bit short though, and missed off the part that Richard Stallman argues excludes selling it for a profit, see: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/plan-nine.html infact, he makes a lot of valid comments on the current Plan 9 license, and concludes that it is not free software. Whether you agree with Richard Stallman's definitions of free software and open source, is irrellevant. I certainly am _not_ saying that I do. The issues he raises, though, demonstrate that there are big differences between the Plan 9 license and the GPL and BSD licenses. Don't get me wrong, I like Plan 9, but you are spreading mis-information, by continuing to imply that it is free in the same way as Linux is free. You can find the _whole_ Plan 9 license here: http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/license.html > The Plan 9 License was modified to resemble the GPL around Jan 2000 or so, > as was Kermit. I posted to linux-kernel on the matter at the time. These > two events changed the open source landscape substantially. I don't argue that. Plan 9 is open source software. What I am saying is that the license differs from the GPL and BSD licenses in a number of ways. Comparing it to Linux, BSD, Atheos, OpenVMS, etc, etc, is comparing Apples to Oranges. John. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/