Re: LaBrea for BSD?

From: Brett Glass (brett@lariat.org)
Date: 09/26/01 

Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 12:57:58 -0600
To: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, FreeBSD Security <security@FreeBSD.ORG>
From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>

At 06:20 AM 9/26/2001, Will Andrews wrote:

>It would be MUCH better to stop using Windows

I do not use Windows for mission-critical applications. These
days, I primarily use it as a GUI for BSD. I would prefer not
to use it even for that, but because KDE and GNOME are both GPLed,
it is the best alternative. Perhaps MacOS 10.1 will change that.

>than to spout nonsense like this.

You're very wrong. The GPL is a great threat to standardization,
to consumer choice, and to the BSDs and their philosophy.

By using or developing GPLed software, you are supporting an agenda
that is designed to hurt programmers and consumers for the sake of
one man's petty vendetta. Do not do that. It is unethical and contrary
to the philosophy of BSD.

--Brett Glass

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