From owner-freebsd-current Sat Sep 5 10:02:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA14752 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 5 Sep 1998 10:02:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.pipeline.ch (freefall.pipeline.ch [195.134.128.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA14743 for ; Sat, 5 Sep 1998 10:02:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andre@pipeline.ch) Received: from pipeline.ch ([195.134.140.4]) by freefall.pipeline.ch (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with ESMTP id AAA216; Sat, 5 Sep 1998 18:59:19 +0200 Message-ID: <35F16E4E.6865E626@pipeline.ch> Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 19:01:02 +0200 From: Andre Oppermann Organization: Internet Business Solutions Ltd. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck Robey CC: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 3.0 enters BETA status in 12 days! References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Chuck Robey wrote: > On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Andre Oppermann wrote: > > Chuck Robey wrote: > > > > > > Jordan K. Hubbard said: > > > > > > > At some point (perhaps immediately), some committers will have to be > > > > able to "bite the bullet" and admit that their code will not be > > > > appropriate for inclusion in the 3.0.0 release. > > > > > > Hey Jordan, have you given any consideration to how you're going to > > > handle the softupdates thing for the 3.0 GENERIC kernel? I'm not > > > certain you even _can_ stick it in, but I'm curious if softupdates will > > > be one of the headlines with this new release. > > > > I wonder how Kirk handles the licensing issue for his softupdates stuff. > > A webpage where one can buy a per box license by credit card for $20 or > > so... > > If you read the license, you'll note that he DOESN'T CHARGE for private > usage. No need at all for the web site you're talking about. He only > wants money from folks packaging his stuff in large numbers of products > and selling them. Seems terrifically reasonable, actually. I know that but I meant the boxes I use for my ISP operations. That is commercial usage. (but not packaging and selling). -- Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message