> These discussions were why we put MINIX 3 out under the Berkeley license in 2000
Is he implying that he chose that license specifically because Intel asked for it ?
He claims that that license is the most user-friendly since it gives the user the most freedom, which is true in that case, but he's missing the point, when the FSF and other GPL proponents mention user freedom they talk about the end user freedom, the one at the end of the chain that will have to use the software (i.e. anyone who purchased a semi-recent Intel chip). When considering the user community as a whole, it is clear that they globally get less value from the project since changes don't have to (and don't) get contributed back and they can't make changes to the software that they are using.
Seems very short-sighted to claim a win here when the only 2 parties that benefit are Intel and Tanenbaum's ego.
Is he implying that he chose that license specifically because Intel asked for it ?
He claims that that license is the most user-friendly since it gives the user the most freedom, which is true in that case, but he's missing the point, when the FSF and other GPL proponents mention user freedom they talk about the end user freedom, the one at the end of the chain that will have to use the software (i.e. anyone who purchased a semi-recent Intel chip). When considering the user community as a whole, it is clear that they globally get less value from the project since changes don't have to (and don't) get contributed back and they can't make changes to the software that they are using.
Seems very short-sighted to claim a win here when the only 2 parties that benefit are Intel and Tanenbaum's ego.