Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 31st Jan 2003 00:09 UTC
Well, we all have used Unix, in one form or another (maybe even through embeded products). But which one is your favorite flavor of Unix-based/Unix-alike OSes? Read more and vote! Update: SHAME on you, who ever you are: Messing/hacking with go2poll's code and altering the results in favor of FreeBSD. By doing so, you are doing MORE BAD than good to your favorite platform.
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It is an oft forgotten fact that if it weren't for the BSD network distribution, the internet would not be here. If that had been GPL, then commercial companies would not have touched it and there would never have been critical mass for the internet to take hold, and Linux (and GPL) would still be a curiosity. Also, we'd all be struggling with DecNET, Appletalk, Netware and LanMan (add your proprietary network protocol here) protocols. I'd rather not return to the bad old days thanks. Don't also forget that alternative forms of open source predated the GPL for decades.
It's all very well to be holier than thou about licensing but some sometimes cooperation is better than standoff. My guess is that most companies that find the BSD licensing great give back to the open source movement in one form or another - if not in source, then in kind (e.g. donating server/internet/marketing resources). I sometimes find the GPL more divisive that cooperative because it it too fundamentalist/isolationist in a religious sense.
The GPL people need to learn not to bite the hand that feeds them.
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