Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:37:52 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Philipp Wuensche <cryx-freebsd@h3q.com>, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Subject: Re: Virally licensed code in FreeBSD kernel Message-ID: <20070414183752.GD302@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <200704141647.KAA08601@lariat.net> References: <200704140121.TAA29887@lariat.net> <4620D1DD.5050902@h3q.com> <200704141551.JAA07865@lariat.net> <20070414121236.eebf699f.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <200704141647.KAA08601@lariat.net>
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On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 10:47:09AM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 10:12 AM 4/14/2007, Bill Moran wrote: > > >How is this any worse than the GPLed stuff in /usr/src/contrib? > > It's in the kernel. And the announcement went as far as to say that > it is "part of FreeBSD." >From what I've seen thus far, it seems that it's not part of the standard kernel. It's just something that *can be* part of the kernel. If you don't want to use it, don't. I don't have a problem with it being offered in the ports tree, as long as it's not part of the default install. I do share your wariness of licenses like the CDDL. One of the reasons I looked into FreeBSD in the first place was a decision to look for ways to escape the GPL's ubiquity in Linux-land. I just don't think it's being included with FreeBSD in an inappropriate manner. I'd like to know about it if you have some evidence to the contrary. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] "A script is what you give the actors. A program is what you give the audience." - Larry Wall
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