[Fsf-friends] Copyleft Clauses
Ramanraj K
ramanraj@md4.vsnl.net.in
Tue Oct 26 08:45:45 IST 2004
Mahesh T. Pai wrote:
> Ramanraj K said on Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 05:06:27AM +0530,:
>
> > I actually came across the Microsoft site that offered gcc for it's
> > UNIX tools. I couldn't believe it when I saw it ...
No, thanks. I cannot take credit, because it is a forwarded message:
,------------ Original Message --------
| Subject: Re: RE.Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows
| Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 22:27:10 -0600
| From: Jon Drews <jon.drews@gmail.com>
| Reply-To: Jon Drews <jon.drews@gmail.com>
| To: estover@olc.edu
| CC:freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
| References:<1098590132.32627.20.camel@red>
`----
> Actually, this story is an excellent illustration of why the GNU GPL
> is better than BSD (the license). If the GCC were under a BSD style
> free non-copyleft license, customers would have been left holding yet
> another `extension' in their hands.
I am sure FreeBSD Developers may embrace the GPL whole heartedly, or we
may get to see copyleft clauses in the FreeBSD license.
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