Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:06:56 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: sub01@freeode.co.uk Cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shell Games Message-ID: <41D4C250.3010200@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <u9b9t0tamb1im5o01nd6kr4nht3e0n1e1l@4ax.com> References: <49B5BEF2.7CCF22F4.0F75C5EC@netscape.net> <u9b9t0tamb1im5o01nd6kr4nht3e0n1e1l@4ax.com>
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John Murphy wrote:
>Also, FreeBSD is trying to use *less* GPL code.
>
Perl is not GPL, heck it was around before the GPL was even a twink in
RMS's head. The only stipulation I see for modifications to the code is
that you have to release it into the "Public Domain" or "otherwise make
them Freely Available" (BSD/MIT license) the motive as I understand it
behind freebsd taking perl out of the "base system" was to make it easy
for people to use whatever version of perl they want (5, 5.6, 5.8, etc)
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