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Re: [LI] Linux faces first..........




On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Arun Sharma wrote:

> (a) Open source is a great technique to develop bug free software.
> (b) All software should be free 
> (c) My software should not be controlled by anyone and should belong to
>     everyone.
> 
> Linux/GPL = (a) + (b) + (c)
> BSD = (a) + (c)
> Solaris = (a)


IMHO this would be correct, if (a), (b) and (c) were _independent_
propositions. If it transpires that (a) is a consequence of (b) and/or
(c), we have:

!(b) && !(c) => (a) = 0.

In which case:

Linux/GPL = (a) + (b) + (c)
BSD = (a) + (c)
Solaris = 0