On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 11:16, Rickey Moore wrote:
Good example, Paul. There >IS< a 'Gift Debt' that comes from using opensource, which according to my perspectives is the imperative to 'pass it forward'. You cannot directly repay those whose shoulders you stand on, but you can 'pass forward' their gift to the next guy.
Are you suggesting that there is something morally wrong with the people who contributed to the *bsd components whose lack of restrictions allowed them to be used in OSX as well as continuing to be freely available? Or that OSX existing at all is a bad thing?