Re: What's in a name?

Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:57:53 -0500


--==_Exmh_-260241149P
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:42:52 EST, "Richard B. Johnson" said:

> No doubt a gcc compiler. I built my house with a Stanley hammer
> and a Skill saw. Neither Stanley nor Skill own the house (the
> bank does).

Actually, *YOU* probably own the house. What the bank has is a mortgage -
a promise by you that if you don't pay them, they *then* get to own the house.
Most banks try VERY hard to avoid actually owning houses.

This is actually somewhat germane, as it reflects back on the "GPL the
source after N units have been sold" business model, and code escrow, and
related thigns...

-- 
				Valdis Kletnieks
				Computer Systems Senior Engineer
				Virginia Tech

--==_Exmh_-260241149P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001

iD8DBQE+HxexcC3lWbTT17ARAi2BAJ0SSLQFwE2FtJvjAK0OcSSQWI3FOACg6V2G JRG1lm+FMN8lH7yN1+Sx/gE= =m8f1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--==_Exmh_-260241149P-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/