From: "Skip Tavakkolian" <fst@centurytel.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: The new ridiculous license
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 08:01:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b6bdde97e8f67bfc83698b0e228361de@centurytel.net> (raw)
>> What we see from Lucent is typical corporate psychology. They're afraid to
>> let one iota more go than necessary to make a profit. It's hard to take
>> any argument or claim based on 'justify a trust' when the only issue at
>> hand is profit.
>
> We apologize for letting the code out with a license that obligates
> the receiver in any way. I promise that with comments like this its
> not likely ever to happen again.
David, I think you should consider the source. I, like most here, am grateful.
It seems to me counterproductive to keep looking for flaws in the
license when the intent has been clearly stated over and over again
that Lucent/Bell Labs wants Plan9 to be opensource. It is always
about the intent.
next reply other threads:[~2003-06-21 15:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-21 15:01 Skip Tavakkolian [this message]
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2003-06-20 5:01 [9fans] " Lucio De Re
2003-06-20 14:18 ` [9fans] " Jim Choate
2003-06-20 14:15 ` Lucio De Re
2003-06-20 16:44 ` Jim Choate
2003-06-20 17:06 ` Lucio De Re
2003-06-20 17:54 ` Jim Choate
2003-06-20 18:39 ` Stephen Wynne
2003-06-20 20:30 ` Jim Choate
2003-06-20 19:22 ` David Presotto
2003-06-20 19:38 ` nehal
2003-06-20 19:38 ` ron minnich
2003-06-20 18:57 ` Sam
2003-06-20 20:50 ` Jim Choate
2003-06-20 23:46 ` Steve Arons
2003-06-21 1:16 ` northern snowfall
2003-06-21 3:16 ` Jack Johnson
2003-06-20 19:58 ` Scott Schwartz
2003-06-21 10:42 ` bwc
2003-06-21 14:00 ` Jim Choate
2003-06-20 20:12 ` Jason Gurtz
2003-06-20 20:46 ` Jim Choate
2003-06-20 22:22 ` Jon Snader
2003-06-21 0:45 ` Tom Glinos
2003-06-21 9:16 ` Markus Friedl
2003-06-21 9:29 ` Lucio De Re
2003-06-21 13:56 ` Jim Choate
2003-06-23 7:39 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-06-20 20:48 ` D. Brownlee
2003-06-22 3:10 ` a
2003-06-22 3:33 ` Christopher Nielsen
2003-06-22 4:41 ` northern snowfall
2003-06-22 15:57 ` Jon Snader
2003-06-22 22:13 ` Dan Oglesby
2003-06-23 8:57 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2003-06-23 9:02 ` bs
2003-06-23 11:22 ` matt
2003-06-23 11:36 ` boyd, rounin
2003-06-23 8:57 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
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