From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 8 14:03:29 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA10786 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 14:03:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp04.primenet.com (smtp04.primenet.com [206.165.6.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA10779 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 14:03:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr08.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA16140 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:03:45 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr08.primenet.com(206.165.6.208) via SMTP by smtp04.primenet.com, id smtpd016104; Mon Feb 8 15:03:36 1999 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA01994 for chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:03:13 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199902082203.PAA01994@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: New CODA release To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:03:13 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <199902071900.LAA09317@kithrup.com> from "Sean Eric Fagan" at Feb 7, 99 11:00:29 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >Coda is now GPL'd, that gives a good-bye to seeing this code integrated > >by any commercial UNIX :-(. > > Yes, because that damn GPL has certainly prevented gcc from being the single > most popular compiler ever available for unix systems. > > And that damn GPL has certainly prevented emacs from being distributed by > commercial UNIX vendors. > > And, gosh, that damn GPL has certainly prevented Samba from being of ANY use > to ANYONE, it's a good thing the FreeBSD Project won't touch it. And look at all that kernel code we've incorporated from Linux, saving us from having to reimplement all sorts of drivers. Oh, wait. That didn't happen. GPL is a barrier to commercial adoption for kernel components. The best you can hope for is a loadable module for those systems that support loadable modules, and independent installation (i.e.: it will never bee the boot FS for a commercial kernel, unless it is reimplemented/released under another license and/or as proprietary code from the OS vendor). > Whiner. You don't like it, go write your own. Good advice, even if the sentiment it came with is a bit caustic. 8-). I'd suggest taking the previous release as a starting point. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message