Re: [linux-audio-dev] New form of GPL licence that protects Linux from proprietary world [was: New powermacs?] - Linux-audio-dev

22 Jun 2003

On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:22:37 -0400, "Ivica Bukvic" wrote:
...
 Thanks! This really helped me see straight again :-).

However this brings up one interesting point/problem. Due to GPL nature
of Linux software, many of our efforts will seamlessly bleed into OS X
world since there are no restrictions as to which platform this software 
Seemless is right.  Check it out (the results of a recent effort to port the Gentoo
package system (portage - the backbone of Gentoo) to OS X:

http://metapkg.org

and on the Gentoo homepage (gentoo.org)
Gentoo/MacOS X announced...

thank you python!  And I believe this is good for OSS, since it potentially brings more
users into the OSS world, even (in the case of Gentoo/MacOSX) if it's kind of half and
half.

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