Re: LaBrea for BSD?

From: Bigby Findrake (bigby@ephemeron.org)
Date: 09/26/01 

Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 12:00:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bigby Findrake <bigby@ephemeron.org>
To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>

This discussion is not relevant to security.

On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Brett Glass wrote:

> 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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