From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Sep 17 16:15:43 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1818F16A4B3
	for <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org>;
	Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:15:43 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from heceta.db.net (heceta.db.net [66.11.169.52])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B56D143FE3
	for <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org>;
	Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:15:40 -0700 (PDT)	(envelope-from db@db.net)
Received: from heceta.db.net ([66.11.169.52] helo=localhost)
	by heceta.db.net with esmtp (Exim 4.20)
	id 19zlW9-000FdR-Kd; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:15:25 -0400
Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=night.dbn)
	by night.db.net with esmtp (Exim 4.22)
	id 19zlVm-000GaY-IZ; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:15:02 -0400
Received: (from db@localhost)
	by night.dbn (8.12.9/8.12.8/Submit) id h8HNErvj063766;
	Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:14:53 -0400 (EDT)
X-Authentication-Warning: night.dbn: db set sender to db@db.net using -f
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:14:52 -0400
From: Diane Bruce <db@db.net>
To: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
Message-ID: <20030917231452.GA63754@db.net>
References: <20030917160654.52ceb56c.kitbsdlist2@HotPOP.com>
	<20030917212259.GA12266@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
	<200309171548.22742.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <200309171548.22742.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i
X-Spam-Score: -4.5 (----)
X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/)
	*19zlW9-000FdR-Kd*bVDOqc0oItE*
cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
cc: Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
Subject: Re: Desktop FreeBSD
X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism <freebsd-advocacy.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy>,
	<mailto:freebsd-advocacy-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-advocacy-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy>,
	<mailto:freebsd-advocacy-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 23:15:43 -0000

On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 03:48:22PM -0700, Johnson David wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 September 2003 02:23 pm, Michal Pasternak wrote:
>
> > Just port it from Debian... and tell ports maintainers to update

  And how do you deal with GPL?

> The more you have to tell port maintainers what to do, the more
> difficult it will be to get buy-in. So definitely get a prototype of
> something working first. It's an easier sell that way.

  So. Stop arguing. Stop posting. Just do it and shut up.

(BTDT, still have the bullet holes)

- Diane