From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 16 17:08:38 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81AD4106566B for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:08:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com [67.222.39.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 494BA8FC0A for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:08:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 23491 invoked by uid 0); 16 Mar 2011 17:08:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 16 Mar 2011 17:08:35 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=kkFdY8FpxpDn5OA+g4OXovjySvIFt7ZsqgeSoxcrHAsmes3zJfaHF7ITOiv8lycCg0OWpiMhXpy+/gWVyJaGIxZrPyyKRCKj1VgEDjqbbMuT+u7YlxxM0tJFwCEUzK04; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PzuD4-0001LO-0O for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:08:35 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:56:56 -0600 Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:56:56 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110316165656.GA9945@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4D7FE8E1.90600@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20110315203753.55f1ec3b@scorpio> <201103160925.59230.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201103160925.59230.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: HAL must die! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:08:38 -0000 --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 09:25:59AM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > On Wednesday 16 March 2011 07:37:53 Jerry wrote: > > > > Now, as far as HAL goes, the fragmented open-source community cannot > > even begin to agree on its replacement. Every distro is busy trying to >=20 > It looks like a bunch of little Napoleons. =2E . . just like the plethora of warring closed "standards" produced by closed source software vendors. It's an epidemic, really. I believe that a major factor in determining the practical standardization of a policy or design, as measured in widespread adoption and portability, is the lack of restrictions in how it is implemented, used, distributed, et cetera, aside from the basic definition of what is compatible with the standard. This means that EULAs, copyleft licenses, patents, and other restrictions on use and deployment tend to kill widespread adoption as a practical "standard", especially when there is no singly market-dominating corporation leading the charge for adoption. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk2A69gACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUcDwCg55mI3sTW9TD21bBWFojsPfzT g8AAn1JL2ofjOkPMbuZBqNJuJnxWMD/8 =siPX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ--