Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:14:20 +1000 From: Fraser Tweedale <frase@frase.id.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why not GNU cmp? Message-ID: <20080926041419.GA56030@bacardi.frase.id.au> In-Reply-To: <FF8482A96323694490C194BABEAC24A0034D34CD@Email.cbord.com> References: <20080925084825.GA2728@kokopelli.hydra> <FF8482A96323694490C194BABEAC24A0034D34CD@Email.cbord.com>
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--/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 08:41:23AM -0400, Bob McConnell wrote: > On Behalf Of Chad Perrin > >On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 08:34:50AM +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> Unga wrote: > >>=20 > >> >I was wondering why FreeBSD wrote their own version of cmp. If it > just the=20 > >> >license, then that's fine. I prefer the BSD versions of diff, etc. > when=20 > >> >available.=20 > >>=20 > >> You are asking the wrong questions: why did GNU write their own > version=20 > >> of cmp? FreeBSD's dates to 1987. > >=20 > > Y'know -- that's a really good question. >=20 > The answer is simple. The BSD license does not guarantee freedom as > defined by RMS. >=20 > * The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). > * The freedom to study how the program works and adapt it to > your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition. > * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor > (freedom 2). > * The freedom to improve the program and release your improvements > to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). > Access to the source code is a precondition. >=20 > For example, Microsoft uses many of the TCP applications and drivers > from BSD, but will not allow access to their source code as required by > freedoms 1 and 3. >=20 > Bob McConnell > The BSD license -is- a free software license as defined by the FSF. It is not copyleft like the GPL, but it is satisfies the four essential freedoms. RMS agrees. frase --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjcYZsACgkQPw/2FZbemTXrjgCeOgtve7+xC9DHwjU/HriocrFI 0WsAn2EvwTRsn+z6n9JRWXkn4x+0gQQQ =Ug6I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb--
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