OT: "proprietary" software

[Piper]

Like I said earlier, I just bought a Unix machine with Majordomo and I am in 
the process of learning the new system.

Meanwhile I am stuck with Wins OS. So I should go away until I figure out 
the new OS and apps?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Mohler" <cr33dog at gmail.com>
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" 
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: OT: "proprietary" software


> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> Markus Schönhaber wrote:
>>> Piper:
>>>
>>>
>>>> comparative observations on Thunderbird? It is proprietary SW so am not
>>>> considering it but I am curious.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thunderbird is proprietary software and you are therefore not using it?
>>> That is an interesting statement for someone who is using a mail client
>>> identifying itself as "Microsoft Outlook Express" to send this very
>>> statement.
>>>
>>>
>> As said before, Thunderbird is made by the same people who make
>> Firefox. Both are made for Linux and Windows up to the latest model. It
>> is free and you download it from a web page and it is licensed under the
>> GNU standard. So please go away.
>
> FF and Thunderbird are both licensed under the MPL (Mozilla Public
> License) - not GPL.
>
> As for "please go away" - well at least the original post started
> on-topic, which is more than I can say for some other posters...
>
> Chris
>
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