Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 17:19:00 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@freebsd.org, jkh@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf.c and USL copyright at top Message-ID: <2866.819476340@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Dec 1995 02:23:37 %2B1100." <199512201523.CAA06304@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> >OK, so it was a mistake to add code to encumbered files. No argument > >from anybody on that point, I'm pretty sure. However, do we just > >throw up our hands in defeat? I surely hope not! Your analysis below > >would certainly suggest to me that removing the USL copyright is now > >an option we can realistically entertain. It's not even remotely > >"derived" from now. In our CVS tree, we're no worse off than before. > >In our exported tree, it's one less encumbered file, right? > > It's academic for conf.c because the whole file should go away when > devfs is finished. > > tty_conf.c is more interesting. It could be handled more dynamically > like conf.c. There isn't as much to gain because the analogue of the > major numbers -- the line discipline numbers -- can't be avoided because > there is no by-name user interface. Well, we solved the same thing in VFS with a linker-set... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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