> Maybe _we_ will put up with this kind of treatment, but the Linux
> people won't, and I have a sneaky suspicion they would very much like
> to hear about our predicament.

It depends on who "the Linux people" are.  Every GNU/Linux developer I've
spoken with has a good opinion of the BSD and would not gloat over its
developer's roadblocks.

> This is the kind of outrageous corporate exploitation that the Linux
> community should not tolerate.  We need to take a firm position on
> this now, or this rebel.com fiasco will not be the last--a dozen
> similarly exploitive companies selling everything from overpriced office
> products like the NetWinder to Pepsi machines will rape the Open Source
> community for all their worth, and give nothing in return.  

If this happens it will be no break from the past.

*thinking about commercial OSes and the BSD*

Ben.