Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:29:40 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: Snabb <snabb@epipe.com>, perryh@pluto.rain.com, Janne, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Distributed Version Control for ports(7) ( was: Re: autoconf update ) Message-ID: <20100922192940.4e12e335@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <4c981355.wc2y7hyfF2XUaLmh%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4C91446F.3090202@bsdforen.de> <20100916171744.GA48415@hades.panopticon> <4C927ED0.5050307@bsdforen.de> <86zkvhfhaa.fsf@gmail.com> <4C92C14D.3010005@FreeBSD.org> <4C92F195.5000605@FreeBSD.org> <4C93A107.4070809@DataIX.net> <4c93f602.pzTXVEQ%2B3q2cRA23%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4C94617B.3080702@bsdforen.de> <20100918141727.22a81b66@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <4C95AFE4.30608@DataIX.net> <174981284967033@web24.yandex.ru> <4c975197.1fY0dTyqrEwwwGi5%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009201312040.96753@tiktik.epipe.com> <4c981355.wc2y7hyfF2XUaLmh%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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--Sig_/_4K7HwtG=1swQRBcJI63Cjk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:07:17 -0700 perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Janne Snabb <snabb@epipe.com> wrote: >=20 > > On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > > One issue with either Git or Mercurial is that they are GPL. > > > AFAIK FreeBSD prefers to avoid GPL in the base or in critical > > > widely-used infrastructure if a viable non-GPL alternative > > > exists. > > > > The project currently uses Perforce for many sub-projects, > > so using GPL licenced solution could hardly be a problem. >=20 > According to the "General Information" table here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_revision_control_software > Perforce is not GPL -- it is proprietary (but "Free ... for OSS > development"). Thus the fact that FreeBSD currently uses Perforce > tells us nothing about the acceptability of a GPL licensed solution. > (Ditto for SVN, which -- as someone already pointed out -- is not > GPL either.) >=20 > There are two distributed, BSD-licensed VCS listed on that page: > Codeville and Fossil. Both are in ports, but Codeville has been > proposed for removal as it seems no longer to be under active > development. That leaves Fossil as a possibly-viable BSD-licensed > alternative to Mercurial. (Of course, there may be others that > aren't listed on that particular Wikipedia page.) Keeping the original recipients when replying (all of them not only To:) would be greatly appreciated (and it's required by the list charted). Thanks, --=20 IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" FreeBSD committer -> itetcu@FreeBSD.org, PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B --Sig_/_4K7HwtG=1swQRBcJI63Cjk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkyaLvUACgkQJ7GIuiH/oeUFOACcCC6ffKUMB5aRBdrJ7Erl6NqT WZAAn3nL1aH3afeWgvqr84PYcgehHIFC =/Ghq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/_4K7HwtG=1swQRBcJI63Cjk--
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