Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:05:44 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net Subject: Re: viral license free fork of freebsd Message-ID: <20071005080544.GA48744@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920710042242l10a101dcm18422bad9832c2f6@mail.gmail.com> References: <bef9a7920710042203r33e4c23axf3629e1e6f30a042@mail.gmail.com> <4705CA47.9090101@delphij.net> <bef9a7920710042242l10a101dcm18422bad9832c2f6@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting Aryeh Friedman, who wrote on Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 05:42:07AM +0000 .. > On 10/5/07, LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> wrote: > > Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > > I am intrested in putting together a version of FreeBSD (at least the > > > non-ports portion) that is 100% viral license (gpl and lgpl [not > > > techinically viral but I don't trust it]) free... where would be a > > > good starting point on this project? > > > > Set > > MK_GNU = no, and > > MK_GNU_SUPPORT = no? > > Will that remove all gnu code? > > > > > Well, if you want a moderate amount of work you may want to try > > replacing sort(1) with the old BSD one, and optimize it. Also some > > *roff stuff, etc. If you are really energyic then you will want to join > > a project like llvm or so for a better compiler. > > I will look at what else needs to be done. "Just" a complete toolchain would also come in handy.. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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