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Date:      Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:53:49 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Volker <volker@vwsoft.com>, hackers@freebsd.org, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: licensing question APSL
Message-ID:  <86bq6i1tya.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20080214215628.P9304@fledge.watson.org> (Robert Watson's message of "Thu\, 14 Feb 2008 22\:04\:05 %2B0000 \(GMT\)")
References:  <47B3E21F.1010202@vwsoft.com> <20080214150200.GB18534@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <47B49023.20204@vwsoft.com> <20080214215628.P9304@fledge.watson.org>

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Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> I think it's a significant testament to the quality of the Solaris
> parts we've been pulling in (ZFS, DTrace) that CDDL parts are now in
> the base tree.  They are carefully marked and isolated to make it easy
> to build CDDL-free systems in the same way that you can build GPL-free
> systems.

No you can't.  I've tried, and it's not doable at present.  There are
non-GNU parts of the tree that depend on GNU parts of the tree which
can't be replaced.

There is a WITHOUT_GNU build option, but it has no effect.

You can however build a non-GNU kernel.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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