Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:12:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:12:03 -0500 Received: from intpop.corp.wcom.ca ([205.150.160.74]:26779 "EHLO corp.wcom.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:10:23 -0500 Message-ID: <075101c2a139$46f7adc0$9c094d8e@wcom.ca> From: "Serge Kuznetsov" To: "Joseph D. Wagner" , References: <001801c2a0a9$02613f40$2e863841@joe> Subject: Re: Is this going to be true ? Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:18:09 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4920.2300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4920.2300 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 832 Lines: 15 > 1) Future development of the Windows operating system or some of its > components will be *BSD based. The Microsoft Corporation will never touch > Linux. Period. The lawyers simply wouldn't allow it. The lawyers think of > GNU GPL as an infectious disease, and so anything Linux is out of the > question. The BSD license is far more favorable to proprietary development, > since it allows you to close off the source. Hence, assimilating a *BSD > structure, component, or piece of code is far more likely. BTW, It explains me why M$ made server side CLI for FreeBSD, not Linux. - 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/