Re: Building An Apple ][ Software Archive

[pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <d2ahtsksftsk9k1au44gucm3v3u35ib78i@news.newsguy.com>,
Paul Guertin  <pg@sff.net> wrote:
 
> pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
> 
>>>> It's obvious that GPL software is free
>>> That depends on what you mean by "free".
>>  
>> It's at least as free as other kinds of copyrighted freeware.
>> Usually it's more free, since a lot of other kinds of copyrighted
>> software don't give you access to the source code.
> 
> Some people would argue that GPLed software is not as free as
> BSD-licensed software. Epic flamewars have been waged over this
> in the Linux and BSD newsgroup
 
Exactly how do the GPL and the BSD licenses differ?  It appears that
both allow some things the other doesn't allow, or else there would
be no controversy about which one is the most free one.
 
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