Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:59:25 +0000 From: "Aryeh Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: "Nathan Lay" <nslay@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: viral license free fork of freebsd Message-ID: <bef9a7920710050559g3bc4d51bx4e9fd5a28904e4e7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47062EDC.7090402@comcast.net> References: <bef9a7920710042203r33e4c23axf3629e1e6f30a042@mail.gmail.com> <47062EDC.7090402@comcast.net>
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On 10/5/07, Nathan Lay <nslay@comcast.net> wrote: > Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > I am intrested in putting together a version of FreeBSD (at least the > > non-ports portion) that is 100% viral license (gpl and lgpl [not > > techinically viral but I don't trust it]) free... where would be a > > good starting point on this project? > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > I think all the BSDs are pushing to remove GPL utilities from the base > system but it takes time to do that. It may even surprise you that > NetBSD and OpenBSD are trying to replace gcc with pcc (BSDL C > compiler). Anyways, why not write or improve BSDL equivalent utilities > to replace their GPL counterparts rather than creating a fork? The fork is due to other project goals that have nothing to do with the starting OS.
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