From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 5 08:05:53 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48BC016A41A for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:05:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC4EC13C44B for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:05:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (obsolete.xs4all.nl [82.95.250.254]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9585jI8065424; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:05:45 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l9585iWk048771; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:05:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.6/Submit) id l9585iE7048770; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:05:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:05:44 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Aryeh Friedman Message-ID: <20071005080544.GA48744@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <4705CA47.9090101@delphij.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:44:43 +0000 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net Subject: Re: viral license free fork of freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:05:53 -0000 Quoting Aryeh Friedman, who wrote on Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 05:42:07AM +0000 .. > On 10/5/07, LI Xin 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? > > > > Set > > MK_GNU = no, and > > MK_GNU_SUPPORT = no? > > Will that remove all gnu code? > > > > > Well, if you want a moderate amount of work you may want to try > > replacing sort(1) with the old BSD one, and optimize it. Also some > > *roff stuff, etc. If you are really energyic then you will want to join > > a project like llvm or so for a better compiler. > > I will look at what else needs to be done. "Just" a complete toolchain would also come in handy.. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org