Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:17:37 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: Michael Carr <sphaleotas@blueyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: RMS says: "Use BSD, for goodness sake!" Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20030626151501.02beb860@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20030626110336.GW34365@iconoplex.co.uk> References: <20030626010357.J508@hub.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20030625214311.00e5e240@localhost> <20030626010357.J508@hub.org>
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At 05:03 AM 6/26/2003, Paul Robinson wrote: >bzip2 - could be reimplemented bzip is, IIRC, already under a BSD-like license. >cc - find an alternative compiler? From where? TenDRA (sorry if I've flubbed the capitalization here) is the most often mentioned alternative. >cpio - reimplement from man page, or replace/remove requirement for Doesn't OpenBSD have a BSD-licensed cpio? >cvs - Don't need this do we? :-) look at another version control? CVS is actually a pretty primitive hack. Moving to something more modern and powerful would be a big win. >man - could be re-implemented based on file format information known OpenBSD has a BSD-licensed implementation. --Brett
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