Re: Debian FreeBSD

[Alex Yukhimets <aqy6633@acf5.nyu.edu>]

On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 10:18:36PM -0600, Andrew G . Feinberg wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 08:09:47PM -0800, Darren O. Benham wrote:
> > 
> > So state where in the DFSG or policy or constitution or any other such
> > document that says Debian can't put out a BSD distribution.  It's working
> > on a Hurd distribution....
> It doesn't, but giving companies the option to take _OUR_ work propriatary
> is _bad_ _bad_ _bad_. The BSD license lends itself to this, and I
> guarantee it will happen if we follow this path.

First of all, if _YOU_ doesn't want that somebody take _YOUR_ work
propriatary doesn't mean that this is the case with everyone or even with the
project as a whole. Second, if you really doesn't want that - just license
YOUR part of work under the license that would not allow that.

So what is the problem?

Alex Y.
-- 
   _ 
 _( )_
(     (o___           +-------------------------------------------+
 |      _ 7           |            Alexander Yukhimets            |
  \    (")            |       http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/      |
  /     \ \           +-------------------------------------------+