Subject: Re: My reasons for BSD over GPL, for a company
To: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
From: None <timh@tjhawkins.com>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 02/17/2005 15:19:38
No, I can't back up the red hat things up with facts. I just analyze
companies, especially software-based ones. Only predictions regarding that.

The license part-- just read the licenses. some people think the GPL is more
"free" because it forces the software to be free, while the BSD gives you a
choice

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hubert Feyrer" <hubert@feyrer.de>
To: <timh@tjhawkins.com>
Cc: <netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: My reasons for BSD over GPL, for a company


> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 timh@tjhawkins.com wrote:
> > Companies have been much more successful
> > selling BSD-licensed software than GPL.
>
> Can you back this up with some facts?
>
>
>   - Hubert
>
> --
> NetBSD - Free AND Open!      (And of course secure, portable, yadda yadda)
>
>