From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 1 14:13:11 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67C4610657DF for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2009 14:13:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C54B8FC16 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2009 14:13:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.141] (may be forged)) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.14.3+UW08.09/8.14.3+UW09.01) with ESMTP id n11EDArh015024 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 1 Feb 2009 06:13:10 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.3] (adsl-99-139-49-79.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net [99.139.49.79]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.14.3+UW08.09/8.14.3+UW09.01) with ESMTP id n11ED92Y015368 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sun, 1 Feb 2009 06:13:10 -0800 Message-Id: From: Garrett Cooper To: Philipp Ost In-Reply-To: <49859187.2030407@smo.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 06:17:54 -0800 References: <763068.66528.qm@web39104.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <49859187.2030407@smo.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-PMX-Version: 5.5.0.356843, Antispam-Engine: 2.6.1.350677, Antispam-Data: 2009.2.1.140132 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=8%, Report='FORGED_FROM_GMAIL 0.1, BODY_SIZE_1000_LESS 0, BODY_SIZE_2000_LESS 0, BODY_SIZE_5000_LESS 0, BODY_SIZE_800_899 0, __BOUNCE_CHALLENGE_SUBJ 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __FRAUD_419_WEBMAIL 0, __FRAUD_419_WEBMAIL_FROM 0, __FROM_GMAIL 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __STOCK_PHRASE_7 0' Cc: bf2006a@yahoo.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, giffunip@tutopia.com Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it becomestandard compiler?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:13:12 -0000 On Feb 1, 2009, at 4:11 AM, Philipp Ost wrote: > 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 ? > I have to admit I don't know how well it works, but I haven't used > readline either... > > Philipp Same thing as NetBSD's libedit, just rehashed with GNU makefiles and other Linuxy patches. -Garrett