Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:19:39 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Diego Calleja =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Garc=EDa?= <aradorlinux@yahoo.es> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ugly Huge BSD Monster Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20030903131429.03609c60@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20030903202205.7ba5dab2.aradorlinux@yahoo.es> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030902180402.028e2380@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20030901143026.029afce0@localhost> <1062427379.15322.12.camel@suzy.unbreakable.homeunix.org> <29508631.20030901165843@mail.ru> <1062427379.15322.12.camel@suzy.unbreakable.homeunix.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20030901143026.029afce0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20030902180402.028e2380@localhost>
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At 12:22 PM 9/3/2003, Diego Calleja =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Garc=EDa?= wrote: >*ahem*. I'm not by any means a GPL advocate. You have "linux" in your e-mail address. >Then go and rewrite gnome and kde in a BSD license, ok? Actually, there are opportunities to do things that are MUCH better. Starting with X11 (which was designed for limited CPU, limited memory, and plentiful network bandwidth -- exactly the opposite of today's conditions) puts both of these environments at a big disadvantage. Yes, one would have to build up driver support, but this would be helped by the fact that the X11 code can be mined for information and code to support the cards. >I've nothing against it... > >You'll be at their level by 2025, Why so long? After all, unlike GPLed code, it'd be usable by commercial software vendors, so they'd be likely to support the effort. >go ahead...or make gnome and kde work under freebsd You'll probably achive THIS in about 2025, if ever. They're designed for Linux, not FreeBSD, and the developers have no interest in supporting anything that's not GPLed (or is not Linux). >and get a freebsd desktop TODAY. So, you're suggesting that FreeBSD users put up with incompatibilities, glitches, and an unethical licensing regime merely because they can get something that KINDA works today? This is very shortsighted. Why not just go with Windows? It has all of the same attributes. --Brett
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