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:GPLv3 to Drive Users from Linux to FreeBSD?
GPLv3 to Drive Users from Linux to FreeBSD?
Sep 3, 2007, 15 :00 UTC (12 Talkback[s]) (7154 reads)
(Other stories by Chris Duckett)

"GPLv3 will help FreeBSD take some users away from Linux, according to the founder and vice president of The FreeBSD Foundation.

"Writing in the FreeBSD Foundation's August newsletter, Justin T. Gibbs said 'GPLv3 is a critical concern for many current commercial users of open source software...'"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
>> Gibbs said the FreeBSD Foundation wil ...   Downgrade?   
Jose
Sep 3, 2007, 15:38:26  
I think the best option for many project ...   Re: Downgrade?   
wellingj
Sep 3, 2007, 16:07:50  
In the prior comment, I answered the gen ...   Re: Downgrade?   
Jose
Sep 3, 2007, 16:09:41  
This is just a marketing attempt. Thinki ...   Dreamer   
YetAnotherBob
Sep 3, 2007, 16:34:43  
Here is the essence of what Gibbs actual ...   Vendors are not users   
JJS
Sep 3, 2007, 17:13:03  
> As far as changing to BSD kernel devel ...   Re: Re: Downgrade?   
Rufus Polson
Sep 3, 2007, 18:49:33  
It isn't about vendors as the articl ...   It's isn't that complex of a concept.   
Brandioch Conner
Sep 3, 2007, 20:16:16  
For years we've heard how the GPL is ...   "GPL doesn't work!"   
cjm
Sep 3, 2007, 20:57:22  
> I can't argue with his logic.I can ...   Re: Vendors are not users   
Bob_Robertson
Sep 4, 2007, 03:26:40  
...How hard is it to say, "Software supp ...   re: Re: Vendors are not users   
Brandioch Conner
Sep 4, 2007, 04:15:50  
> Some use models that were possible > u ...   Re: Vendors are not users   
Rainer Weikusat
Sep 4, 2007, 08:42:44  
Why would I ever want to license it unde ...   I write software   
philc
Sep 4, 2007, 14:11:18  
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