Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 22:52:07 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1020052327.46afab@mired.org> To: pjklist@ekahuna.com Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/defaults/rc.conf theory Message-ID: <15558.11239.49073.305379@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020424020740647.AAA735@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com> References: <20020423235147062.AAA735@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com> <20020424020740647.AAA735@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com>
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In <20020424020740647.AAA735@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com>, Philip J. Koenig <pjklist@ekahuna.com> typed: > On 23 Apr 2002, at 19:04, Mike Meyer boldly uttered: > > > In <20020423235147062.AAA735@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com>, Philip J. Koenig <pjklist@ekahuna.com> typed: > > > Mike Meyer wrote: > > > > > The rationale for inclusion in the base system as opposed to ports > > > > > has usually been licensing issues. > > > > By some odd quirk, I've never heard any such rationale. > > > The two examples I can think of off the top of my head are bash and > > > apache. > > Neither of those is in the base system. > Exactly. My understanding as to *why* they are not in the base > system (especially in regards to bash) is because their respective > licensing schemes were not compatible with the FreeBSD license. That's exactly the opposite of what you said, though. I think you meant either "the rationale for EXclusion from the base system" or "the rational for inclusion in the ports tree as opposed to the base system." > I'm not the first person who wished for a 'standard' bash shell to be > part of the base system (ie as root's default shell) but I've been > told in the past it will never happen due to licensing issues. That's correct - it's got to be possible to ship a system commercially. You can't do that with bash, so you have to settle for the standard /bin/sh. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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