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There's often an assumption of moral superiority of the GPL from the GPL camp. The GPL spreads software "freedom" by way of sword, whereas BSD asks that derived works keep with the spirit of BSD (but you are free to walk in peace if you choose not to).
I'm glad Theo de Raadt is challenging the moral superiority of the GPL in a public way and not giving these guys a free pass. He has much more credibility than say, Steve Ballmer, and so people are more willing to listen to his point
Please. BSD users have an absolutely sky-high sense of superiority (OpenBSD users being the prime examples). You just apparently can't see it because you already agree that the BSD license is superior. This is a common problem: people take a stance, and assume that it is "neutral"; that is, the way things simply are. To you, it's a foregone conclusion that the BSD license is great. You simply can't understand that someone might feel about the GPL as you do about the BSD license. It's almost as though
I think your both wrong and are showing it. Everyone knows that outside VI, Emacs is the best operating system, flight simulator and license. And that is a completely neutral position.
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I'm glad Theo de Raadt is challenging the moral superiority of the GPL in a public way and not giving these guys a free pass. He has much more credibility than say, Steve Ballmer, and so people are more willing to listen to his point
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