Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:41:08 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net Subject: Re: viral license free fork of freebsd Message-ID: <4706F5C4.4070301@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20071005214506.X88717@fledge.watson.org> References: <bef9a7920710042203r33e4c23axf3629e1e6f30a042@mail.gmail.com> <4705CA47.9090101@delphij.net> <20071005214506.X88717@fledge.watson.org>
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> It's not clear this is comprehensive, but it may still be useful in > discussing replacing GPL'd components with non-GPL'd ones: > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/ContribSoftware Should we add a column indicating possible alternatives? For example, I'm working on a new cpio now, Kai Wang is working on binutils, and I'm sure there are other projects in the works. I agree with other folks who have picked out GNU readline as probably the most troublesome. The other GPL-licensed tools are generally separate applications that could be fairly easily dropped from any particular application (embedded applications probably don't need to distribute gdb or gcc, for instance). Timhome | help
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