Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 01:38:57 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The worst error message in history belongs to... BIND9! Message-ID: <20070705073857.GD46581@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <468C6224.2090003@u.washington.edu> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCKEDGCAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <468c3375.7kSLbuENAWH%2BmQuo%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <468C6224.2090003@u.washington.edu>
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On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 08:14:44PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > >>Except that bash requires all the icky GNU utilities to build so you > >>have to GNUify your system. > > > >And perl doesn't? It was GPL last I knew. > > The entirety of Perl falls under the GPL and Artistic license at this > time. Read the perl-porters archives for more debate on Perl licensing. More to the point, Perl is dual-licensed -- redistributable under the terms of either the GPL or the Artistic License, at your discretion. As such, I tend to think of my Perl installs as being Artistic License, not GPL. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] MacUser, Nov. 1990: "There comes a time in the history of any project when it becomes necessary to shoot the engineers and begin production."
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