Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:11:51 +0100 From: Philipp Ost <pj@smo.de> To: bf2006a@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, giffunip@tutopia.com Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it becomestandard compiler?) Message-ID: <49859187.2030407@smo.de> In-Reply-To: <763068.66528.qm@web39104.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <763068.66528.qm@web39104.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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bf wrote: >>>The issue is a lot of open source applications that it can run are >>>GPL licensed. I know there was an effort to replace the core OS apps >>>that were GPL with 100% BSD licensed equivalents. > > >>The effort didn't go far enough. Why haven't we removed GNU readline ? > > >>Pedro. > > > I think you know very well why we haven't removed that, and other > pieces of software with the GPL from the tree: no one has written and > submitted suitable replacements with more permissive licenses. [...] What about the editline library <http://thrysoee.dk/editline/>? I have to admit I don't know how well it works, but I haven't used readline either... Philipp
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