Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:08:52 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> To: Phillip Salzman <psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> Cc: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>, Open Systems Networking <opsys@mail.webspan.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X desktop contest? + Desktop Env Message-ID: <19981110180852.G11520@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811101734390.14483-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net>; from Phillip Salzman on Tue, Nov 10, 1998 at 06:02:12PM %2B0000 References: <19981110100251.D11520@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811101734390.14483-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net>
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On Tue, Nov 10, 1998 at 06:02:12PM +0000, Phillip Salzman wrote: > > > > Slightly heretical perhaps, but if all we want is something easy-to-use > > that's installed by default, why not just borrow the stuff from RedHat > > (replacing all the guy-in-hat icons with daemons, of course). That would > > at least be a starting point for our own 'look'. The point'n'drool > > configuration tools are another matter. > > > > Because we cannot. We (ie BSDs) run on the berkeley style > license, while RedHat runs on GPL -- you can't import the stuff without > keeping the original license, I believe. There's a whole lotta GPL-ed stuff on my 'BSD CDs (gcc for one, plus a large fraction of the stuff in the ports collection). If it's an optional thing in sysinstall "click this to install nice X desktop", where's the problem? Scott. -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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