Re: Effectiveness of GPL vs. BSD (was Re: GPL vs. sweatshops (was Re: Bias))

On Sat, 15 Jun 2002 11:16, Matt Seitz wrote:

> --- "Sean C. Farley" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > FreeBSD may have started before Linux, but it took only after the
> > suit was settled.
>
> So do you believe that FreeBSD will now overtake Linux because the BSD
> license will encourage more contributors?

I was showing that it is hard to compare one license being better than
the other when using FreeBSD vs Linux as the example.  FreeBSD was hit
hard by the lawsuit.  Many developers avoided it until it was settled.
With such a large factor involved in its development, it makes it hard
to compare other factors.

Personally, I believe FreeBSD's style of development (more centralized)
gives it a better chance than Linux in the long run.  The license will
probably play a part to help it.  With two large projects, it is hard to
point at only one factor making one project better than the other.

Sean
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