FreeBSD 4.9 Released

Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 29, 2003 @01:48AM from the new-toys dept.

Digital Dharma writes "Excellent! FreeBSD 4.9 has been released, and if it's anything like the RC series, this will be a release to remember. You can obtain it from the usual sources, or if you're feeling generous and supportive, you can buy the cd set. Support your local Daemon!" As Jani Laaksonen writes, the new release includes "numerous security advisory fixes, kernel changes and support for the Physical Address Extensions (PAE) capability on Intel Pentium Pro and higher processors (see page(4)). This release also adds support for a few more hardware NIC cards, ipfw network protocol enhancements, userland changes, and more. Check FreeBSD 4.9 Release Notes for more information."

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You misunderstand the World. by cculianu · 2003-10-29 02:49 · Score: 0, Flamebait

While it's true that BSD is momentarily 'freer' in the sense that you can do whatever you want with it, this logic is ultimately really flawed.

If you look at the big picture, it is _not_ the way to go. FreeBSD discourages the true ideals of Free Software, because it offers no protections to those wishing to contribute, including private companies.

And if you think that if GCC had a BSD license that Apple would simply "give away" their modifications to GCC, you are pretty naive.

And to call the GPL a silly expression of freedom is utterly insulting and completely sophomoric. I won't even respond to that. You clearly don't get what free software is all about.