Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 23:39:51 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: nvi maintainer? Message-ID: <20010708233951.B90028@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <3B4936F2.72D7C1C7@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 10:45:38PM -0600 References: <200107072203.PAA09299@windsor.research.att.com> <xzp3d88s3o0.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20010708005155.J8775@canonware.com> <20010708032002.D97456@bohr.physics.purdue.edu> <20010708201329.A85258@dragon.nuxi.com> <3B4936F2.72D7C1C7@softweyr.com>
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On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 10:45:38PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > David O'Brien wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 03:20:02AM -0500, Will Andrews wrote: > > > OR... import Vim and get rid of nvi? :-) > > ..snip.. > > > The maintainer reserves the right to include any changes in the official > > > version of Vim. This is negotiable. You are not allowed to distribute a > > > modified version of Vim when you are not willing to make the source code > > > available to the maintainer. > > > > Uh... did you read this part __carefully__?? > > I don't see a problem there. It's not like we're going to hide the source > to FreeBSD from the vim maintainer. OTOH, I don't really think we need > a "better" vi bad enough to lump in vim. I am very surprised to hear this coming from you -- a commercial embedded developer. Remember, FreeBSD isn't the end of all -- rather we offer something others can take, modify, commercialize, propietize, and not give away the crown jewels. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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