From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Nov 10 10:11:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA25284 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:11:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk (hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk [138.37.88.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA25246 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:10:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk) Received: from brunos-sun.dcs.qmw.ac.uk [138.37.88.185]; by hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.5/S-4.0) with SMTP; id SAA14004; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:09:40 GMT Received: locally by brunos-sun (SMI-8.6/QMW-client-3.2b); poster "scott"; id SAA10487; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:08:53 GMT Message-ID: <19981110180852.G11520@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:08:52 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Phillip Salzman Cc: Sue Blake , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Annelise Anderson , Open Systems Networking , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X desktop contest? + Desktop Env References: <19981110100251.D11520@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Phillip Salzman on Tue, Nov 10, 1998 at 06:02:12PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Nov 10, 1998 at 06:02:12PM +0000, Phillip Salzman wrote: > > > > 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. There's a whole lotta GPL-ed stuff on my 'BSD CDs (gcc for one, plus a large fraction of the stuff in the ports collection). If it's an optional thing in sysinstall "click this to install nice X desktop", where's the problem? Scott. -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message