Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 19:23:27 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, papowell@astart.com Subject: Re: was: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? Message-ID: <200006270223.e5R2Nr501622@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Jun 2000 22:06:30 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006262159420.318-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006262159420.318-100000@picnic.mat.net>, Chuck Robey writes: > On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Will Andrews wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 09:45:48PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > I just don't like gratuitously adding in extra GPL when there's no > > > absolutely required reason for it. > > > > In case you haven't noticed, we can also install LPRng using the > > Artistic license, which is much nicer than GPV. > > I did, but I'm sorry, Artistic License != BSD License. The Artistic > license says you can only use it inside your own organization, freely, you > can not sell it or use it inside a product (like you can BSD). > > I will admit that the Artistic License is *far* more acceptable than the > GPL, but I just don't see the need to get this in. I will immediately > admit it's better software, but I can't see why we need it in the base > system, when one of the side effects is losing a perfectly good BSD > licensed lpd. A suggestion I made, that only Patrick picked up on and which requires repeating, was to create lpr/lpc/lpd applications that were of similar structure to /usr/sbin/sendmail, which performed a table lookup, to find the real application to be used. The advantages would be that both lpr/lpd and LPRng, and by extension sendmail and postfix, could be included in base and administrators could use whichever application they wanted based upon functionality, security, license preference, or any other criteria. Even if only one print application were in the base, it would make making the other the default much easier. Wouldn't this compromise or a form of this compromise satisfy most everyone? Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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