From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 5 14:12:09 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E596716A418 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 14:12:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reed@reedmedia.net) Received: from ca.pugetsoundtechnology.com (ca.pugetsoundtechnology.com [38.99.2.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C816613C45B for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 14:12:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reed@reedmedia.net) Received: from pool-71-170-114-32.dllstx.fios.verizon.net ([71.170.114.32] helo=reedmedia.net) by ca.pugetsoundtechnology.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1IdnGn-0003eZ-1w; Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:31:09 -0700 Received: from reed@reedmedia.net by reedmedia.net with local (mailout 0.17) id 27641-1191591066; Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:31:07 -0500 Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:31:06 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20071005054743.GA56921@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Message-ID: References: <20071005054743.GA56921@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Aryeh Friedman Subject: Re: viral license free fork of freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:12:10 -0000 > On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 05:03:08AM +0000, 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? It has been discussed on this list many times. Find or code replacements. Look in the src/gnu directory. bc OpenBSD, another from NetBSD developer (replace his GPL version) binutils http://wiki.freebsd.org/BSDBintools cc pcc (and others) cpio many replacements available, like bsdcpio(1) using libarchive csu ? cvs see OpenBSD dc 2 replacements available: OpenBSD and from NetBSD developer dialog http://www.freebsdsoftware.org/misc/freedialog.html diff see OpenBSD and others diff3 see OpenBSD and others gdb see OpenBSD and others for debugger alternatives gperf ? grep NetBSD, OpenBSD groff see MirBSD and from ragge libdialog see above libgcc ? libgcov ? libgomp ? libreadline editline libregex don't use it, don't use GNU gdb, cvs, diff, and grep. man NetBSD, OpenBSD patch NetBSD, OpenBSD rcs OpenBSD sdiff NetBSD, OpenBSD send-pr OpenBSD (sendbug) sort NetBSD, OpenBSD texinfo Get rid of its usage and move to ports only Jeremy C. Reed