Slightly disagreement on the economic aspect.

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Post #211,665 by Another Scott 6/19/05 12:21:15 PM Reply	Slightly disagreement on the economic aspect. Since *BSD isn't encumbered by the GPL, people can (in principle) make proprietary software out of it and make $GINORMOUS profits. Thus following the model: 1) Take BSD OS or software. 2) Modify it, making unique, closed-source solution. 3) ??? 4) $GINORMOUS Profit! One can't do #2 and distribute the result (the GPL forbids it). However, since there isn't (AFAIK) any BSD software that doesn't have a GPL work-alike, there's the issue of competing with free software. So it's not a very successful business model (the exception being OS X which, as you note, is unique to Apple's hardware. But, of course, the BSD-ness is only in the Darwin kernel.). Cheers, Scott.
Post #211,666 by pwhysall 6/19/05 12:26:35 PM Reply	Fair cop :-) I know and you know that I know that you know that that's not the context that I was talking about :-) But you are 100% correct for the case where what you want is not necessarily an off-the-shelf operating system but rather a codebase to assimilate into a company's proprietary product. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #211,667 by boxley 6/19/05 12:44:50 PM Reply	a lot of the spamguard/antivirus edge solutions are bsd base All tribal myths are true, for a given value of "true" Terry Pratchett [link\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/] Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 49 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #211,668 by pwhysall 6/19/05 12:51:40 PM Reply	SpamAssassin & ClamAV'll run on owt :-) Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #211,748 by tuberculosis 6/20/05 12:25:52 PM 8/21/07 12:46:01 PM Reply	OS X kernel the kernel on os x is not the bsd kernel. It is the mach kernel. The rest of it is an amalgam of the best of Open/Free/Net BSDs. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 12:46:01 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #211,751 by Another Scott 6/20/05 12:31:43 PM Reply	D'oh. That's right. Thanks.
Post #211,759 by pwhysall 6/20/05 1:28:07 PM Reply	Point. self.slap(); Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!

OpenBSD guy blasts Linux quality - (bluke) - (11) - June 19, 2005, 05:34:58 AM EDT

DeRaadt... well. - (folkert) - June 19, 2005, 09:49:54 AM EDT

He's a fool. - (pwhysall) - (7) - June 19, 2005, 12:08:33 PM EDT

Slightly disagreement on the economic aspect. - (Another Scott) - (6) - June 19, 2005, 12:21:15 PM EDT

Fair cop :-) - (pwhysall) - (2) - June 19, 2005, 12:26:35 PM EDT

a lot of the spamguard/antivirus edge solutions are bsd base -NT - (boxley) - (1) - June 19, 2005, 12:44:50 PM EDT

SpamAssassin & ClamAV'll run on owt :-) -NT - (pwhysall) - June 19, 2005, 12:51:40 PM EDT

OS X kernel - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:46:01 PM EDT

D'oh. That's right. Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - June 20, 2005, 12:31:43 PM EDT

Point. - (pwhysall) - June 20, 2005, 01:28:07 PM EDT

Re: OpenBSD guy blasts Linux quality - (systems) - (1) - June 29, 2005, 05:06:56 AM EDT

Well... - (folkert) - June 29, 2005, 12:51:20 PM EDT

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