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:GPL vs BSD: Why Are People Fighting?
GPL vs BSD: Why Are People Fighting?
Sep 7, 2007, 21 :30 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (7045 reads)

(Other stories by Sam Varghese)

"For the second time in six months, a flamefest has broken out between those who release software under the BSD (Berkely Software Distribution) licence and others who release software under the General Public Licence.

"The first time, in April this year, a developer for a Linux wireless driver accused an OpenBSD developer of filching code and using it in a wireless driver for OpenBSD..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
It's spelled "Berkeley."-cj ...   BSD   
Christopher Jones
Sep 7, 2007, 23:15:15
 
...because one BSD developer can't d ...   Don't blame everyone....   
Sys_Admin
Sep 8, 2007, 02:18:20
 
> ...because one BSD developer can't ...   Re: Don't blame everyone....   
Rainer Weikusat
Sep 8, 2007, 04:40:28
 
I've complained about this "license  ...   People are fighting because they can   
Richard Steven Hack
Sep 8, 2007, 22:52:18
 
GPL is fundamentally flawed license -- a ...   There is no reason to fight --GPL is deeply flawed   
bsd.forever
Sep 8, 2007, 22:55:09
 
>> BSD is just encoding of the the moral ...   Re: There is no reason to fight --GPL is deeply fl   
Jose
Sep 9, 2007, 20:12:59
 
[In reply to Rainer Weikusat earlier pos ...   GPL strengths and possible future directions   
Jose
Sep 9, 2007, 20:46:42
 
The following comes from a current discu ...   Microsoft and friends attack on GPL because of lia   
Jose
Sep 9, 2007, 20:53:25
 
> I've complained about this "licens ...   Re: People are fighting because they can   
DDahl
Sep 10, 2007, 06:27:27
 
> GPL is fundamentally flawed license -- ...   Re: There is no reason to fight --GPL is deeply fl   
Rainer Weikusat
Sep 10, 2007, 08:08:41
 
> The GPL prevents this. This coincides  ...   Re: Re: Don't blame everyone....   
imric
Sep 10, 2007, 17:04:01
 
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