From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 8 04:34:52 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECBADBE; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 04:34:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-x22e.google.com (mail-ie0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B26462184; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 04:34:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f174.google.com with SMTP id u16so18237364iet.33 for ; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 21:34:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=MNgSn5vSmeuhNMlFUMOzAZGhNNjwvewGzvfHlQJim5I=; b=HVySmJ+OXYN2q27fC7UKAaLvB7LNYps/bsCgNgd5KEk5YIRfaoOvExQGern4BuWUQt vLycSIAOxKx2Is04+HQJM+bdRgTwHjv6+EOkn+82E5iQQid4oRihEK60E90SxaSLRIVw sBsKFsMz0JLS7lNeM1WbRCAbB2T+3Nf/URDS26aQrKOBlX3llFAPZN9Plz8M4aF1jutC cseB8P3nb2pDgGzQED9Z/l++5ll8tGAcXiouwkJRQPhiwlTlIeiATYUotojUz+lpWtW1 3mETB2Ci8y95GOAt2DJDrKQX2dE/rMVlz8ZDSxUyRfPmc/BL3T2KoJx8iN1G7BRXtitV vNEA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.114.168 with SMTP id jh8mr19945659igb.6.1381206892185; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 21:34:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.8.244 with HTTP; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 21:34:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <525364A8.6020300@freebsd.org> References: <20131007150658.GA79233@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <52534B5E.7010401@freebsd.org> <20131008002854.GB56872@funkthat.com> <525354C2.8070807@m5p.com> <20131008013350.GB31261@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <525364A8.6020300@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 00:34:52 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Heads Up] RCS removed from base From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Julian Elischer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: George Mitchell , freebsd-current , Steve Kargl X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 04:34:53 -0000 On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: > On 10/8/13 9:33 AM, Steve Kargl wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 08:41:38PM -0400, George Mitchell wrote: >> >>> On 10/07/13 20:28, John-Mark Gurney wrote: >>> >>>> Julian Elischer wrote this message on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 08:01 +0800: >>>> >>>>> not a big thing but I believe that a lot of poeple use ci/co on /etc >>>>> becasue it is "just there" >>>>> >>>> +1 >>>> >>>> Folks, this is just plain a major violation of the Principle of Least >>> Amazement. RCS is ideal for keeping track of my configuration files >>> in /etc. What do we gain by removing it? >>> >> Less GPL code in FreeBSD? >> > not a problem unless you plan in shipping a changed version of it on your > product?? > > Most new versions of GPL licensed code are converted to Version 3 GPL . This is blocking FreeBSD if they keep GPL licensed code in base , because commercial companies usingFreeBSD are not able to use FreeBSD any more if the FreeBSD switches to Version 3 GPL . This obstacle is in the base system GCC : It stayed in an older version , and necessitated to switch to Clang/LLVM . Difficulty of such a switch is apparenly known . Therefore cleaning base from GPL licensed code is a vital requirement for further progress WITH RESPECT TO FreeBSD Project structure . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk