Andy Green wrote:
[some stuff which I pretty much agree with]
[snip]
jdow wrote:
6 test 2. But I expect I'll get plenty annoyed at that time. And if the annoyance is big enough I can go for some honest autocracy and setup with FreeBSD.
(And maybe lose some of the GPL encumbrance problems.)
I didn't really understand what you meant by this.
FreeBSD is distributed, not under the GPL license. GPL conforms to Richard Stallman's idea about what software should be, and if you use it, then it has a tendency to invade your own software, like an infection. (You understand I'm writing this to illustrate the perspective of those who disagree with R.S.) The license for BSD does not have quite the same tendency for spreading into other people's works.
Mike