Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:45:19 -0300 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: perryh@pluto.rain.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Subject: Re: Distributed Version Control for ports(7) ( was: Re: autoconf update ) Message-ID: <AANLkTimW=nLYHzSF-swKAfkYKX97m=mNmEJ8iNjOzM_P@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimE7RyPiiiDXGSizXSicU_LSe6%2B_6DF-hPQQ5%2Bp@mail.gmail.com> References: <4C94617B.3080702@bsdforen.de> <20100918141727.22a81b66@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <4C95AFE4.30608@DataIX.net> <174981284967033@web24.yandex.ru> <4c975197.1fY0dTyqrEwwwGi5%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009201312040.96753@tiktik.epipe.com> <4c981355.wc2y7hyfF2XUaLmh%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4C983C6C.9050101@DataIX.net> <4c99bdfb.IZQlFB9yVbtXyqe1%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <AANLkTi=jrR3S8_O2DpMMb0wYrTjGEfMrhU8t8XStjf_Q@mail.gmail.com> <20100922091005.GA7165@icarus.home.lan> <AANLkTimE7RyPiiiDXGSizXSicU_LSe6%2B_6DF-hPQQ5%2Bp@mail.gmail.com>
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Smells like Debian. Smells like Slashdot. I give up. On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wr= ote: > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:10 AM, Jeremy Chadwick > <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>wrote: > >> Given the amount of GPL'd software in the base system, why are we >> already fighting over licensing? =A0What is it with the open-source worl= d >> and obsessing with licensing? =A0It should be up for discussion after >> alternatives have been determined as viable candidates (see below). >> > > Probably rhetorical, but not all licenses are created equal. =A0BSD licen= se > has a particular advantage in embedded/black box systems, so not pollutin= g > base with more viral licensing is pretty important to project as whole I > think. =A0There's a reason things like IronPort aren't Linux based. =A0Ta= ke for > example the way ZFS was implemented. =A0It was done that way to keep the = CDDL > out of the kernel. =A0That's part of the reason booting of ZFS is the way= it > is as a separate loader, not integrated. =A0Licenses are a big deal, our = world > is not laissez-faire regarding them. > > Yes there are still some GPL tools in base but the number is really quite > small and shrinking, however what's there is pretty big and quite > essential. =A0There has long been active if not frequently vigorous work = to > remove those bits. =A0It seems GNU grep is nearing it's end, and man page > stuff is being worked on, CLANG over GCC, etc. > > Anyway, my point was not to advocate fossil for this task, but to point o= ut > BSD license is a concern. =A0Perhaps if you are able to find consensus, > requesting a license change might be an option. > > -- > Adam Vande More > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --=20 Not so young, but still crying out Full of anger full of doubt
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