Subject: Re: Solaris becoming free a good thing for *BSD?
To: Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 11/23/2004 01:56:31
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Andy Ruhl wrote:
> Could this be a good thing for the *BSDs?

If "the *BSDs" can take code, i.e. if it is under a license compatible 
with the *BSD project's license handling, then this will definitely be a 
good thing. I'm not sure if that will happen, though, seeing all this IP 
and patent talk originating from Sun recently.

An "open source" operating system where you can only look at the source 
but aren't allowed to use it and pass it on is useless to BSD (and Linux).


  - Hubert

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