From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 29 07:01:24 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 959A816A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:01:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from blackwater.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97F7143D48 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:01:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: by blackwater.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 5FE6485A9A; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:31:22 +0930 (CST) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:31:22 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Jonathan Gray , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050429070122.GN70593@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20050428154859.GA16433@mail.netspace.net.au> <20050428162322.GE747@empiric.icir.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="e890kymSckUvwzhr" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050428162322.GE747@empiric.icir.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 Subject: Re: incorrect statement on www page X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:01:24 -0000 --e890kymSckUvwzhr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 28 April 2005 at 17:23:22 +0100, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 01:48:59AM +1000, Jonathan Gray wrote: >> I came across the following incorrect statement when >> browsing http://www.freebsd.org >> >> "FreeBSD is available free of charge and comes with full source code" >> >> Sadly I do not think this has been true for some time. > > I disagree; the wording isn't misleading. However, to address such concerns, > it might be better worded as "comes with full source code, and also ships > with some binary driver components". A more accurate statement might be: "FreeBSD is available free of charge and comes with full source code. In addition, many third-party drivers are available, some in source, others in binary-only format". The important thing is that the FreeBSD project is not withholding *any* source code. The only binary-only components are from other people who don't allow distribution of *their* source. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --e890kymSckUvwzhr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCcdvCIubykFB6QiMRAkngAJ9KOequ/1E0Jum2gwiQr8WVq2aRyQCeMDMQ 5BIqRDPzQwacTz4rTh3Oqf8= =FPbM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --e890kymSckUvwzhr--