Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 11:24:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 3.0 enters BETA status in 12 days! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809051123320.21019-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <35F14235.6721CE39@pipeline.ch>
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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. > > -- > Andre > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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