Re: masm32

From: Brian Mitchell (spamtrap_at_crayne.org)
Date: 09/08/04

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    Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 19:07:15 +0000 (UTC)

    Percival <spamtrap@crayne.org> wrote in message news:<2q75anFsjgj4U1@uni-berlin.de>...
    > hutch-- wrote:
    > > Brian,
    > >
    > > Thanks for your comments, there is some interesting stuff here.
    > >
    > >
    > >>The GPL permits you to sell or lease software, section 1 provides for
    > >>this. What you can't do is stop the person you sell it to from selling
    > >>it to someone else nor can you stop them from creating derived works.
    > >
    > >
    > > I imagine this permit would run out of legs if you put your name on a
    > > Linux distro and tried to sell it as your own.
    > >
    >
    > Actually, you can. Red Hat did. Suse. Etc.

    Red Hat was an original distribution, as far as I know. Same for suse,
    etc unless you have a different definition of distribution than I do.
    A specific layout of files is copywritable, for what it's worth. I
    know the openbsd team uses that fact to prevent exact copies of their
    cdroms from being freely distributed. All the contents on the cd are
    free, but the layout is seperately copywritten.

    >> > If I can ever find a use for a UNIX based OS, it probably will be
    BSD
    > > as the licence appeals to me as a freeware producer and the OS has a
    > > very good reputation in technical and security terms.
    >
    > I see many BSDed licenced goods avaliable for Linux. Mainly fasm.
    >
    > But the licence shouldn't be the exclusive reason to use an OS. The one
    > that suits your purpose the most is the best one. Pritty simple. If
    > windows suits you, use windows. Ditto with Macs, and Linux. Just be sure
    > to do the research beforehand to make sure you choose the correct one.

    I don't see a license as a reason to use something, but I do see it as
    a reason not to use something. In the case of unix, the os you know is
    the one you are most likely to create derived works of, and thus I
    tend to choose a bsd instead of a linux, but it's a matter of personal
    preference.

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