Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 8th Jan 2009 00:15 UTC
Thanks to SGI, a potential disaster for Free software purists has been averted. Back in January 2008, it was discovered by the OpenBSD guys that some of the contributions to X.org and the Mesa 3D Graphics Library made by SGI were covered under permissive open source licenses that didn't fall within FSF's definition of Free software. The FSF Compliance Lab worked with SGI to resolve the issue, and they succeeded.
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2005-07-06
When the BSD's celebrate what the FSF does that means that the FSF did not do a really good job and let in all the BSD thieves.
The problem is that instead of doing a proper job of making the code really free and just as more importantly having it stay that way by making it copyleft too , you just did enough so that the BSD's thieves can include it inside there proprietary /commercial closed version without having to contribute back or pay royalties , that's not freedom , that's middle east like anarchy.
It's like giving weapon to a country who's a known agressor to all it's neighbor. It's not a question of if they will use them , but when.
You also created a new so called *license* that is just more protection clause then anything.
"They appear to be planning to systemically remove GPL code from their base, so they can relicense the entire thing under an ISC license."
Read they are stealing GPL code as usual and wrapping it inside ISC and have yet to be prosecuted for it because the FSF is more politics this days then actually doing it's job.
GPL ... ISC ... CLOSED/Proprietary <<< found your code inside it on code review/tip from developer , can't prosecute or settle for free code because they used ISC's licensing trojan.
Free Software is supposed to make Free software.
Not make Open Source that lead to Closed/proprietary code.
Another sad day for Free Software.