From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 31 20:45:54 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED5CA1065714 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:45:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc1-s18.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s18.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D57558FC18 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:45:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY126-DS7 ([65.55.131.34]) by bay0-omc1-s18.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:33:54 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [69.243.68.197] X-Originating-Email: [millenia2000@hotmail.com] Message-ID: From: "Sean Cavanaugh" To: , References: <271992.81366.qm@web32702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <271992.81366.qm@web32702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:33:48 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8050.1202 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8050.1202 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Jan 2009 20:33:54.0452 (UTC) FILETIME=[3C049D40:01C983E3] Cc: Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it becomestandard compiler?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:45:55 -0000 FreeBSD is not GPL code. It is BSD Licensed. The issue is a lot of open source applications that it can run are GPL licensed. I know there was an effort to replace the core OS apps that were GPL with 100% BSD licensed equivalents. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 1:20 PM To: Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it becomestandard compiler?) > I admit I find this thread surprisingly persistent. Just wondering ... > > Didn't the FreeBSD Foundation hire some lawyers to study the implications > of the GPL3? > > If there is no legally qualified opinion, than I'd say the GPL2 is already > too restricted for my taste and if FreeBSD moves to a GPL3'd toolchain > without an extremely compelling reason then I would consider a move to > another OS. A poll would probably show I am not alone in my stance. > > Pedro. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >