"Of course, the GPL is about freedom for the user, which is what Microsoft really fears above all."
The GPL is not about Freedom. There are numerous restrictions in both the GPL and the LGPL.The BSD gives more freedom to the user than the GPL license. Using the BSD license, users are allowed to relicense the software, distribute only binaries, if they please. There are no restrictions. That is what I call Freedom. Most of all, because of it's unrestricted nature, the BSD License promotes commercial software.
So what if Microsoft is using BSD code? Doesn't that just validate the fact that open source software is mostly better developed? Even if Microsoft grinds up all the code, projects like FreeBSD will still be working on their soruces. It would be impossible for Microsoft to release a Windows update every week.
This is also flaimbait.:-) Sorry.
I'm kind of pissed. I wish Slashdot would only post verified news on April fools. Or, atleast, after that day, tell us which post was real or not. It would be exciting for Slashdot to move from Linux->FreeBSD, but I doubt it'll happen.
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"Of course, the GPL is about freedom for the user, which is what Microsoft really fears above all." The GPL is not about Freedom. There are numerous restrictions in both the GPL and the LGPL.The BSD gives more freedom to the user than the GPL license. Using the BSD license, users are allowed to relicense the software, distribute only binaries, if they please. There are no restrictions. That is what I call Freedom. Most of all, because of it's unrestricted nature, the BSD License promotes commercial software. So what if Microsoft is using BSD code? Doesn't that just validate the fact that open source software is mostly better developed? Even if Microsoft grinds up all the code, projects like FreeBSD will still be working on their soruces. It would be impossible for Microsoft to release a Windows update every week. This is also flaimbait. :-) Sorry.
I'm kind of pissed. I wish Slashdot would only post verified news on April fools. Or, atleast, after that day, tell us which post was real or not. It would be exciting for Slashdot to move from Linux->FreeBSD, but I doubt it'll happen.