From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Feb 19 22:57:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0740511208 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 22:57:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id RAA01223 for ; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 17:27:16 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id RAA19421 for FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.org; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 17:27:13 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19990220172712.N93492@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 17:27:12 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: FreeBSD advocacy list Subject: Re: NetBSD/Linux 'distribution' Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This went round the NetBSD advocacy list earlier today, where it was greeted with something between apathy and disagreement. What do you people think? Greg ----- Forwarded message from David Welton ----- > Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 21:17:09 -0600 > To: netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG > Reply-To: davidw@debian.org > X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2 > Precedence: list > Delivered-To: netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG > Hello, > > Some people have brought up the idea on the Debian (Debian is a Linux > distribution, see www.debian.org for details) lists of extending our > 'distribution' to different kernels. For instance, there is a group > working to make a Debian GNU/HURD distribution. > > Someone brought up the idea of using most of the current Debian > userland tools on top of a BSD kernel, which of course sparked > discussions about which one might be most appropriate (at this point, > I should note that no one has actually *done* anything about this, and > I sort of doubt it will ever be more than speculation). > > What I was curious about was what sort of reaction this might engender > in the NetBSD community, should something similiar come to pass. And > no, I'm not trying to troll - I'm truly curious whether we might be > the brunt of a lot of the more vitriolic anti-linux flames that one > sees (and yes, of course, it goes both ways, but I am not interested > in flamewars), whether we might actually get help, or if people would > generally behave neutrally. I (we) know that the BSD community in > general prefers that license, and of course, whatever BSD kernel and > software they use, so this isn't the question at hand, but rather, how > might we be looked upon for 'taking' this work and using it in our own > way? > > I hope this list is the best forum, but since the question at hand seems > more hypothetical and 'political', than technical, in nature, it > seemed appropriate. > > Thanks for your time, > -- > David N. Welton | Fortune rota volvitur - descendo minoratus > davidw@prosa.it | alter in altum tollitur - nimis exaltatus > http://www.efn.org/~davidw | rex sedet in vertice - caveat ruinam! > www.debian.org - www.prosa.it | nam sub axe legimus - Hecubam reginam > > PS - please CC replies to me ----- End forwarded message ----- -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message