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- From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: 386BSD or LINUX?
- Message-ID: <720933919snx@crynwr.com>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 03:25:19 GMT
- References: <Nov.2.20.33.38.1992.18690@remus.rutgers.edu>
- Organization: Crynwr Software
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- In article <Nov.2.20.33.38.1992.18690@remus.rutgers.edu> glenw@remus.rutgers.edu writes:
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- As the subject heading says, which is it? Which is the better,more
- supported operating system (I know I'm going to get a lot on this
- one!)
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- Well, Linux's standard copyright is the Free Software Foundation's
- GPL, whereas the 386bsd's standard copyright basically says "you
- cannot remove this copyright". In the long run, the GPL is a better
- copyright, because it prevents people from making proprietary
- improvements. IMHO, of course.
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- -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> What canst *thou* say?
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