From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 31 21:49:00 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 A19FF1065729 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:49:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf2006a@yahoo.com) Received: from web39104.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web39104.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.87.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4BA468FC0A for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:49:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf2006a@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 67772 invoked by uid 60001); 31 Jan 2009 21:48:59 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=DrwS0ChDVgac0FshLhGz/+88fRd8GcdZhKWurezV/aX9tblsNeng0UJWVqL5Dpu3iJ8I+kqGRjbvFBqWW6YMJgcJE8mjHvzn1zcOdxy8SDhnou3+Bleo8pFuwsSsh+5lkD737zbyrm1nnM550sc9TuUaE8o+h+wy8iiN/IxjJA8=; X-YMail-OSG: Pkc0BR0VM1n0Q3_WW5DLCkSKiZfGEd1FR4dI9iJfMnqWmF0xOFZX._cVxND5N.krusRhtBb4YfU66y3KR44OuUuBNh_fl4Rne.VBd.6mMfkJcS2L44tpTC1E1yRNSCTj5rBVHI1.IhfTOLAzJf7r8DlDUxpAKp6SQzTZXi8BXe2CpbUww5ClUx9fnMsFKRW5s7Ar9C7s3mJiAss- Received: from [88.178.196.88] by web39104.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:48:59 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1 Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:48:59 -0800 (PST) From: bf To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <763068.66528.qm@web39104.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:14:29 +0000 Cc: giffunip@tutopia.com Subject: 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 Reply-To: bf2006a@yahoo.com 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 21:49:00 -0000 >> 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. > The effort didn't go far enough. Why haven't we removed GNU readline ? > Pedro. I think you know very well why we haven't removed that, and other pieces of software with the GPL from the tree: no one has written and submitted suitable replacements with more permissive licenses. (Of course you could, if it really bothers you.) It may offend your sensibility, but have you really been prevented from doing something by the GPL? b.