Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:31:06 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Cc: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Subject: Re: viral license free fork of freebsd Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.0710050752230.12353@glacier.reedmedia.net> In-Reply-To: <20071005054743.GA56921@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <bef9a7920710042203r33e4c23axf3629e1e6f30a042@mail.gmail.com> <20071005054743.GA56921@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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> On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 05:03:08AM +0000, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > I am intrested in putting together a version of FreeBSD (at least the > > non-ports portion) that is 100% viral license (gpl and lgpl [not > > techinically viral but I don't trust it]) free... where would be a > > good starting point on this project? It has been discussed on this list many times. Find or code replacements. Look in the src/gnu directory. bc OpenBSD, another from NetBSD developer (replace his GPL version) binutils http://wiki.freebsd.org/BSDBintools cc pcc (and others) cpio many replacements available, like bsdcpio(1) using libarchive csu ? cvs see OpenBSD dc 2 replacements available: OpenBSD and from NetBSD developer dialog http://www.freebsdsoftware.org/misc/freedialog.html diff see OpenBSD and others diff3 see OpenBSD and others gdb see OpenBSD and others for debugger alternatives gperf ? grep NetBSD, OpenBSD groff see MirBSD and from ragge libdialog see above libgcc ? libgcov ? libgomp ? libreadline editline libregex don't use it, don't use GNU gdb, cvs, diff, and grep. man NetBSD, OpenBSD patch NetBSD, OpenBSD rcs OpenBSD sdiff NetBSD, OpenBSD send-pr OpenBSD (sendbug) sort NetBSD, OpenBSD texinfo Get rid of its usage and move to ports only Jeremy C. Reed
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