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On Wednesday,  8 June 2005 at 16:50:50 -0700, Andy Ruhl wrote:
> On 6/8/05, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@netbsd.org> wrote:
>> On Wednesday,  8 June 2005 at 11:37:33 +0100, bruno wrote:
>>> Saw this at http://bsdnews.com/view_story.php3?story_id=5039
>>>
>>> Full English text at
>>> http://www.myfreebsd.com.br/static/raymond-20050604.html
>>>
>>> "Basically, we don't need GPL. It's based on the belief that open source
>>> software is weak and needs to be protected. With it, we continue
>>> injuring ourselves, cutting ourselves from the economic benefits of BSD
>>> license"
>>>
>>> Seems like the age of innocence is over for him :)
>>
>> Or for the rest of you.
>>
>> esr has in fact been favourable towards BSD for well over a decade.
>> Until Linux came along, he had intended to use BSD (probably BSD/OS)
>> as his main system.  That changed, of course, but in 1999 he quoted
>
> According to that same website, M.K. McKusick heard Linus say
> basically the same thing.

Heh.  Linus *did* take a long time to accept the GPL.

> Wonder what the world would look like if that had happened?

What would the world look like now if AT&T hadn't sued BSDI?

> Maybe the FSF would finally be done with Mach and the movement would
> be even farther behind the times than it is now? Har.

Heh.  Some chance.

Greg
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