Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 12:23:32 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: groff alternative? Message-ID: <20050617192332.GE13006@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <42B10804.2010308@mac.com> References: <20050615054209.L29741@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de> <20050615160741.GA55062@dragon.NUXI.org> <88862BDF-ED45-42CE-9B24-DEEED2E66C2C@mac.com> <20050615.212337.108191340.imp@bsdimp.com> <42B10804.2010308@mac.com>
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 01:03:00AM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Perhaps there won't be a rush of code adoption from OpenSolaris into > FreeBSD, but it would be a surprise and a pity if there was nothing to be > learned. I'd imagine that the Solaris NFS code would be worth looking at, > for instance. > > Lots of license flavors are handled OK via src/contrib and throughout the > entire ports collection now. It's not as if CDDL-licensed code is going to > sneak up and infect existing BSD-licensed code; the two licenses are > miscible. ... > Well, there's no shortage of wacky opinions about people running > proprietary code on top of GPLed systems. For example, Eben Moglen and > Bruce Perens would like to sue ATI and nVidia for releasing proprietary > drivers for Linux. [1] So? Do we want FreeBSD to be in the middle of the courts again? 1994 was enough for me. We want free, do anything you damned well please code. Unless there is a *compelling reason*. > 4-sec% /usr/bin/nroff --version > GNU nroff (groff) version 1.19 > 5-sec% uname -a > FreeBSD sec.pkix.net 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #0: Sat Jun 11 > 00:25:38 EDT 2005 root@sec.pkix.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NORMAL i386 > > This seems to be from src/contrib/groff? Yes. But the issue is, why trade one piece of non-BSDL licensed code for another non-BSDL licensed piece of code?? What does changing from Groff to Solaris Troff actually buy us?? Groff is the standard in Roff. Even people writing books on systems with a native Troff install Groff to get a more powerful and easier to use Roff. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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