Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:23:19 -0700 From: LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: viral license free fork of freebsd Message-ID: <4705CA47.9090101@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920710042203r33e4c23axf3629e1e6f30a042@mail.gmail.com> References: <bef9a7920710042203r33e4c23axf3629e1e6f30a042@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig00192999F234A57CF67472F5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 =3D no, and MK_GNU_SUPPORT =3D no? 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. My opinion is that, while licensing issue is important, but there are a lot of other factors that must be taken into account. If a new piece of software has better code quality, better performance, etc., then it would be a big bonus over "just with a license we liked" :-) Optimizing libc/regex might be a good start if you want to go this way. Cheers, --=20 Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! --------------enig00192999F234A57CF67472F5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHBcpHOfuToMruuMARCjU7AJ92gtRs/qlIJAFNFlaaESoLvYX7gwCfSWQA IZauCeyplPGxYKrrHK/xjdQ= =XWRL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig00192999F234A57CF67472F5--
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