From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 27 12:42:31 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C99481065674 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:42:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryu.planka@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f219.google.com (mail-bw0-f219.google.com [209.85.218.219]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44E848FC0C for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:42:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryu.planka@gmail.com) Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so2499013bwz.43 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:42:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Au8nfZJtNzKL1dAzAKFZSWTlT/9Dd1k8Gr87rX0eW80=; b=FUKs7MPXOOickRMRha6pmP2TpRWzyfXOXiTc9zCWtfRNyAXSgW5/326IKLV92wQZ2h 6mVu9I3+yA/2ojCVuWGgRwCOAxK3FrQC0i2NlguWeq3JC8yc/r/P7cn0Qz2d2EiQjatn J3pvwz5wxZ5oy6VlHEdJFHFiSMoblbeSvUaHA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=YWVyA5XNwVvCY/yNCsbNf0pdSOF8ioBqms98fVRtbZg0nh2OUqw1yvhN/Fr6Rp2C3M YcWHxLOlMrjfa4fp4dreKRvKsHTJZLqSFpNs/tLf86l3SDG7+wGbSjuTSf+jksSmazte 3YHp0P5E/JC1OwB2J15qvE0k/G+0B1CREZ6u0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.116.69 with SMTP id l5mr3055113bkq.102.1248698550007; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:42:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A6D8F5D.7020600@unsane.co.uk> References: <20090727110952.GA60932@osiris.chen.org.nz> <4A6D8F5D.7020600@unsane.co.uk> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:42:29 +0300 Message-ID: From: son goku To: Vincent Hoffman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jonathan Chen Subject: Re: source code licensing questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:42:32 -0000 Thanks guys for the prompt answers!!! It seems weird that code that uses dtrace must be opened. I mean every serious production level application must have some dtrace-like mechanism inside to collect online information when needed. It is a shame that because of licensing issues, I will have to roll-my-own and re-invent the wheel all over again, probably with cruder and implementation that is more flawed compared to dtrace. I wonder what all the proprietary modules for Solaris (VxVM jumps to mind...) or BSD do? Or there are no such modules anymore... On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > Jonathan Chen wrote: > > > >> 4.Suppose the answer for 1-3 is no, s there any other reason why I need > to > >> open the code. > > > > Only if you feel like it. > > > I'd make that, Only if you feel like it or would like the warm glow of > giving back to the community (and of course all those extra eyes to > audit and improve your code ;) ) That said their is no obligation at all. > > Vince >