How to choose which IP VNC uses
David W. Chapman Jr.
dwcjr "at" inethouston.net
Fri, 30 Nov 2001 17:45:03 +0000
> "Rude and arrogant" am I? There are plenty around who would (and do)
> say the opposite. They'd also probably see you in that light instead.
>
I usually don't respond to flames but I agree with what Jonathan is
saying here
> >they go around stealing
> >Free Software code by pretending they wrote it, then charging an
> >outrageous fee for it.
>
> If you mean the BSD kernel in OS X, I suggest you read the BSD
> licence - it's specifically designed to allow commercial use of the
> code. All you have to do is acknowledge the original sources, which
> I see no indication of Apple trying to cover up (they even use "BSD
> UNIX kernel" in public-facing advertising). Most of the cost of OS X
> is made of Apple's proprietary technologies, which are layered neatly
> on *top* of the kernel, where they should be.
Apple using the BSD kernel is actualy helpful. Apple contributes
back to the BSD community. The Release Engineer for FreeBSD works
for apple, so I think he'd be aware of some stealing if such a thing
was possible for the BSD license.
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David W. Chapman Jr.
dwcjr "at" inethouston.net Raintree Network Services, Inc. <www.inethouston.net>
dwcjr "at" freebsd.org FreeBSD Committer <www.FreeBSD.org>
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