Still no new license -- but draft text available

[Jay Maynard]

On 11 Aug 2000 01:05:42 -0700, Gary Momarison <nobody at phony.org> wrote:
>The whole point of the freer licenses is something else (distribution?).

Code sharing and reuse, I'd say. The folks who use BSDish licenses are
interested in making their code available for reuse, no matter how the new
developer wishes to use it.

Note that Stallman claims code reuse as one of the goals of the GPV, but in
practice it is significantly harmed: more than a little code has had to be
rewritted instead of reused simply to avoid GPV infection.

>And IIRC, Red Hat has been loosing money hand over fist, except to the
>extent they can get suckers to fund their losses.  (I've helped them
>enough to get "the IPO offer", and I wish them luck, but I've
>experienced enough of their incompetence in five years to expect their
>failure unless they've replaced some key people lately or do it soon.)

...and if Cygnus Solutions is so successful, how is it that they're part of
Red Hat now?

There's been a lot of money sunk into open source stocks based on folks
wanting to get in on the opportunity when they start making money. That
implies a strong belief they will, but that belief has not been backed up
with real results.