From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 21 12:45:42 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE75C1065676 for ; Thu, 21 May 2009 12:45:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tony.theodore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f174.google.com (mail-px0-f174.google.com [209.85.216.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF8EA8FC1B for ; Thu, 21 May 2009 12:45:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tony.theodore@gmail.com) Received: by pxi4 with SMTP id 4so942677pxi.3 for ; Thu, 21 May 2009 05:45:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=EkR7mkApnp7SccY3y2bsF+YHoKqCyShOZsg43j/oRbs=; b=k2k3+ktrLmdkb0Ie6dhGiIijo89VJS3YN4Vk/q5bNquWxlz3IunDhh3cIQJetf/5D+ GDxU5cOef6cw6kzL1zKqt4eYzl2pYsSTr6z74hn82HXRbeUlE3cRRggs3Af3cI4ko6qr 7FApvv25tJyzyjt0nC0KtdH2ZtrvUzXEJVlfE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=NmdIcny1vcGV6+l3ZBqahqy5U+cazRMynLbY3yRrd1IF7aoVXsuxB8DbL4VKGWAPqy q41dzcaxlldR4UO4GAqRKy7+bJqYdCbw2p20xVOKfNEKnokxX9VpLQAxye1Hj91ZkzRZ HAldhAm4riB8FieQtCYC9QTRXZvYxczCzqse4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: tony.theodore@gmail.com Received: by 10.114.103.1 with SMTP id a1mr5025641wac.218.1242908055932; Thu, 21 May 2009 05:14:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200905210502.XAA23920@lariat.net> References: <4A14933A.5000400@delphij.net> <4A14A22A.8070504@telenix.org> <200905210502.XAA23920@lariat.net> Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 22:14:15 +1000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 1d50045d35da1e80 Message-ID: <22166b750905210514n3b0c0702p11de1fd05bc9c89a@mail.gmail.com> From: Tony Theodore To: Brett Glass Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: d@delphij.net, Chuck Robey , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FSF v Cisco on GPL reached settlement X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 12:45:43 -0000 2009/5/21 Brett Glass : > Note that the FSF says that "compliance" is their number one goal. In other > words, they are saying, "Bend over." > > This is one reason why I am very glad about the work on "un-GNUed" (but > fully compatible) versions of utilities such as grep. I am looking forward > to the day when I can build FreeBSD with a completely BSD-licensed > toolchain. > You have to wonder when the FAQ is nearly longer than the license itself, but the compatibility matrix sums it up nicely http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility Regards, Tony