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[ale] FreeBSD is Demonic
- Subject: [ale] FreeBSD is Demonic
- From: scbrown3 at gmail.com (Steve Brown)
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:45:36 -0500
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <CAMKZMj=RmbejO7gUU3F3_PaKuOxiZUROW-NckDY_L1W8cX_mXQ@mail.gmail.com> <[email protected]>
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 5:14 AM, Leam Hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My gut feel for the success of Linux is not purely in technical merit
> but that Linux has more brain share.
>
I've heard it's also because of the GPL. Things can go from BSD -> GPL, but
not the other way around. The GPL folks wouldn't want to dual license to
BSD because that kind of defeats the purpose.
-Steve Brown
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