On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 09:38:19PM +0100, Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> I was asked on how to convince some decision makers at a (mostly) hardware 
> company to 1) use BSD-code instead of GPL-code for the start (i.e. use 
> NetBSD over Linux) and 2) make them release the code to the public after 
> making changes. Here are my thoughts:
>
> [...]

I think that one of the most interesting effects of *BSD-licensed
software is that technology gets spreaded.

Companies can instead of inventing a similar or much different (totally
incompatible) wheel make use of an existing core that's *BSD-licensed.

That's much more motivating and cheaper.

An example is TCP/IP.

But, even for companies there's an interest in releasing -- at least the core 
and/or interface parts -- of their code under the *BSD-license, if they want a 
new innovative technology to be widely used. That's especially interesting
for smaller companies.

*BSD-licensed software may result in standards to be born.

-- 
hernani