From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 22 11:46:00 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0B7F10656B3 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:46:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B87988FC1A for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:45:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwg5 with SMTP id 5so4812qwg.13 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:45:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=zIEqrmM7Kl7yXkq9+0CZ+2gMa0aMjVYq2HZ8l8Yb+54=; b=GembbovURx3XtMqodvUhiSQaaSxGIpLVaAA46n+rNsurFxLMk8LDLl/QZP9YwLyI3A 5gYhEqq9XlzrJyzLcNS2t3GzxHD+cdXiCf2df7ftpLG0dujGiRwS+f6lddGr+oDiIYJU pHSa0rlnmx8UdwiZpQpsylsNovHrAXdAN3V94= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=WTRi/deYBAot/l0FpYWexCAF//CqH5txI6mvzPOvzZMVJxbrCjPVigJZfeyscj0J9d z/fVjicNI58HVaz8nE4eMtOuoyznvXAwdxPVZZ64HvI1RUoROvPmEnX5xNibFK1u+eb0 ujb2fsidGKF2mJCfWcFU3O6zreT6qELrhbsy8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.6.139 with SMTP id 11mr57395qaz.14.1285155920176; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:45:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.31.194 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:45:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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> <4c981355.wc2y7hyfF2XUaLmh%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4C983C6C.9050101@DataIX.net> <4c99bdfb.IZQlFB9yVbtXyqe1%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20100922091005.GA7165@icarus.home.lan> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:45:19 -0300 Message-ID: From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: Adam Vande More Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: perryh@pluto.rain.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick Subject: Re: Distributed Version Control for ports(7) ( was: Re: autoconf update ) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:46:01 -0000 Smells like Debian. Smells like Slashdot. I give up. On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Adam Vande More wr= ote: > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:10 AM, Jeremy Chadwick > 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