Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754624AbXIQNeR (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:34:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753197AbXIQNeE (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:34:04 -0400 Received: from mx1.dixongroup.net ([38.98.104.248]:4289 "EHLO mx1.dixongroup.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753099AbXIQNeD (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:34:03 -0400 References: <46ED7A8F.1020304@pro-g.com.tr> <20070916195909.GA18232@stusta.de> <20070916203926.GA17863@schlund.de> <20070916211208.GC5502@thunk.org> <20070916231633.GB10339@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> <20070917093011.GX32213@nudo.bsws.de> <20070917125714.GI18232@stusta.de> <20070917092750.740cf0cd.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> Message-Id: From: Jason Dixon To: Sean In-Reply-To: <20070917092750.740cf0cd.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (1C28) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 1C28) Subject: Re: Wasting our Freedom Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:33:52 -0400 Cc: Adrian Bunk , "david@lang.hm" , Jacob Meuser , Theodore Tso , "Can E. Acar" , "misc@openbsd.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Daniel Hazelton , Eben Moglen , Lawrence Lessig , "Bradley M. Kuhn" , Matt Norwood Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1610 Lines: 40 On Sep 17, 2007, at 9:27 AM, Sean wrote: > On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:15:31 -0400 > Jason Dixon wrote: > >> Sure it does. My code under BSD license continues to remain free, >> regardless of what Company X(1) does with their *copy* of my code. >> The only restrictions on my code is that copyright and attribution >> must remain intact. All users of my code have the same rights, >> regardless of what Company X does with their *copy*. >> >> The GPL places additional restrictions on code. It is therefore less >> free than the BSD. >> >> Free code + restrictions = non-free code. >> >> (1) GPL advocates deep-down really like the BSD license. >> Unfortunately, they keep getting hung up on the idea of the Evil >> Corporation (TM) "stealing" my code. Nobody has stolen anything. >> That corporation is entitled to the same rights as Joe User. Neither >> EC or JU are required to redistribute any of their changes to their >> *copy* of my code. They are only required to keep attribution >> intact. Does that make MY CODE any less free? OF COURSE NOT! > > Your post is incredibly ironic considering how up in arms all the > BSD folks are right now. Many of them claiming that their code > is being "stolen". They did not KEEP ATTRIBUTION INTACT. --- Jason Dixon DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net - 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/