Re: [myoss] Re: [ossig] Don't stifle innovation

[Colin Charles <byte@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 11:51 +0800, Dinesh Nair wrote:

> > But I can also see why they'd be afraid of the BSD license (or even the
> 
> fork codebase ? colin, these are /patents/ which have /NO/ code attached to 
> them. the instantiation of the patent is perhaps GPLed code which RH wrote. 
>   this is not about modifying that GPLed code and turning it into a BSD 
> licensed work. it's about using patents which RH holds, which are 
> inherently not under /ANY/ license and writing /NEW/ and /ORIGINAL/ code 
> which is BSD licensed.
> 
> this is /NOT/ about BSD licenses vs GPL licenses.

Agreed. Re-reading, I should add that one shouldn't write e-mails at
4.33am, when they've just had plenty to drink at a Linux conference
dinner ;-)

> it's just like running a banana leaf restaurant. you charge RM4 for your 
> basic BLM, but some people will use the opportunity to eat more than RM4's 
> worth. but then, when we decided that we'd start a banana leaf restaurant, 
> we /knew/ that things like this may happen, and are /prepared/ to accept 
> it. other people buying other food offset the ones who do that, and in the 
> larger picture it all works itself out.

OT: you guys just charge RM4 for a banana leaf meal? Does that include
meat? 

/me can't wait to go back and give it a go

BTW, grog said hi. And no beasties for you, they're best gotten in
Germany for around RM100. Incidentally, I'm most likely rocking up at
LinuxTag (for FUDCon II), so will grab 'em for you there
-- 
Colin Charles, byte@aeon.com.my
http://www.bytebot.net/
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, 
then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi


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