O'pain Software Foundation: (2) Why is it better than AT&T?

[Roger B.A. Klorese]

In article <4629 at hoptoad.uucp> gnu at hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
>I don't see the difference between depending upon OSF to "never make its
>licenses objectionable in the future" and depending upon AT&T to do the same.
>Is there a contractural committment from OSF to provide new releases on the
>same, or less onerous, terms as its first releases?  If not, you have just
>switched from the devil you know to a new devil.

The difference is that the companies porting the software are not licensees,
but co-owners of the source.
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