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From: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
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Cc: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
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On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 10:48:42AM -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:05:49 -0600, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org>
> wrote:
>=20
>> "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com> writes:
>>> - Replacing groff with something less restricted that doesn't require
>>> C++: Heirloom-doctools may be an option.
>>=20
>> You're proposing replacing GPLv2 stuff with CDDL'ed stuff?
>>=20
>>     $ cd heirloom-doctools-080407> grep -l -R CDDL * | wc -l
>>          217
>>=20
>> The last time I asked $WORK's lawyers, GPLv2 was acceptable to
>> *carefully* ship with our product.  CDDL was forbidden (as is GPLv3).
>=20
> Interesting... I thought, CDDL is more flexible than GPLv2? Or do I=20
> misunderstand something with CDDL?

Some provisions of CDDL make lawyers uncomfortable, the patent
provisions in particular.

-- Brooks

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