From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Nov 10 10:04:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA24454 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:04:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gamefish.pcola.gulf.net (gamefish.pcola.gulf.net [198.69.72.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA24446 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:04:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net) Received: from localhost (psalzman@localhost) by gamefish.pcola.gulf.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA15111; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:02:12 GMT (envelope-from psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:02:12 +0000 (GMT) From: Phillip Salzman To: Scott Mitchell cc: Sue Blake , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Annelise Anderson , Open Systems Networking , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X desktop contest? + Desktop Env In-Reply-To: <19981110100251.D11520@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Slightly heretical perhaps, but if all we want is something easy-to-use > that's installed by default, why not just borrow the stuff from RedHat > (replacing all the guy-in-hat icons with daemons, of course). That would > at least be a starting point for our own 'look'. The point'n'drool > configuration tools are another matter. > Because we cannot. We (ie BSDs) run on the berkeley style license, while RedHat runs on GPL -- you can't import the stuff without keeping the original license, I believe. The toolset I have in mind will be mostly for workstations that need to keep track of the servers. It'll be neat-o, and what can we lose from it? -- Phillip Salzman "null body message; hope thats ok" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message