From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 17 11:30:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (pns.wobline.de [212.68.68.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A13E837B419 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 11:30:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from colt.ncptiddische.net (ppp-309.wobline.de [212.68.71.30]) by mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (8.11.3/8.11.3/tw-20010821) with ESMTP id fBHJU2720754; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 20:30:08 +0100 Received: from tisys.org (jodie.ncptiddische.net [192.168.0.2]) by colt.ncptiddische.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fBHJVIX18191; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 20:31:18 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils@tisys.org) Received: (from nils@localhost) by tisys.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBHJUHF48226; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 20:30:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 20:30:17 +0100 From: Nils Holland To: GB Clark II Cc: Terry Lambert , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The alternate FPUEMU (was: IBM's intentions with JFS (was: IBM suing (was: RMS Suing was [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD))) Message-ID: <20011217203017.C48114@tisys.org> References: <3C186381.6AB07090@yahoo.com> <20011217111835.A43375@tisys.org> <3C1DDB26.62969FFB@mindspring.com> <01121711054200.65128@prime.vsservices.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <01121711054200.65128@prime.vsservices.com>; from gclarkii@vsservices.com on Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 11:05:42AM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD jodie.ncptiddische.net 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-Machine-Uptime: 8:06PM up 13:26, 2 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 11:05:42AM -0600, GB Clark II stood up and spoke: > > Yes, for modern hardware it is of little concern, however, > please note that the "GNU" FPU is not actually under the GPL! Sorry, when I stated the example with the GNU FPU emulator I was not really aware of this fact. Anyway, it even makes me glad that things are like that and that the code is not genuine GPL code. As a side note, I guess I never really used it on one of my machines, though ;-) Greetings Nils -- Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message