From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 11 09:20:19 2008 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 A2F3716A41B for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:20:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4782413C461 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:20:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [82.95.250.254]) by smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0B9KGce003298; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:20:16 +0100 (CET) (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 m0B9KFb7017746; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:20:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.6/Submit) id m0B9KFhq017745; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:20:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:20:15 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Poul-Henning Kamp Message-ID: <20080111092015.GA17702@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <47873174.4040802@gmail.com> <3648.1200043092@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3648.1200043092@critter.freebsd.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:10:19 +0000 Cc: Dominic Fandrey , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Aryeh M. Friedman" Subject: Re: FreeBSD's problems as seen by the BSDForen.de community 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, 11 Jan 2008 09:20:19 -0000 Quoting Poul-Henning Kamp, who wrote on Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 09:18:12AM +0000 .. > In message <47873174.4040802@gmail.com>, "Aryeh M. Friedman" writes: > > >> Ny scheme that depends on us changing the license is a non-starter > >> for both practical (we'd need to get everybodys acceptance of that, > >> and piss of a large number of users who have cleared the BSD > >> license with their laywers) and ideological (we don't want to > >> create uncertainty about the well known and deeply established BSD > >> license). > >> > >> > >The revision I am suggesting [...] > > It does not matter. The BSD license will not be changed for the > reasons I stated. > > It ain't gonna happen. > > All you're doing now is hurting your case by annoyingly keeping barking > up the wrong tree. Worse, it is hurting FreeBSD because it burns committer cycles that better be spent on doing something sensible instead of arguing about a license change that will never happen. Wilko -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org