Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:31:22 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Jonathan Gray <jsg@goblin.cx>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: incorrect statement on www page Message-ID: <20050429070122.GN70593@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20050428162322.GE747@empiric.icir.org> References: <20050428154859.GA16433@mail.netspace.net.au> <20050428162322.GE747@empiric.icir.org>
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--e890kymSckUvwzhr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 28 April 2005 at 17:23:22 +0100, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 01:48:59AM +1000, Jonathan Gray wrote: >> I came across the following incorrect statement when >> browsing http://www.freebsd.org >> >> "FreeBSD is available free of charge and comes with full source code" >> >> Sadly I do not think this has been true for some time. > > I disagree; the wording isn't misleading. However, to address such concerns, > it might be better worded as "comes with full source code, and also ships > with some binary driver components". A more accurate statement might be: "FreeBSD is available free of charge and comes with full source code. In addition, many third-party drivers are available, some in source, others in binary-only format". The important thing is that the FreeBSD project is not withholding *any* source code. The only binary-only components are from other people who don't allow distribution of *their* source. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --e890kymSckUvwzhr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCcdvCIubykFB6QiMRAkngAJ9KOequ/1E0Jum2gwiQr8WVq2aRyQCeMDMQ 5BIqRDPzQwacTz4rTh3Oqf8= =FPbM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --e890kymSckUvwzhr--
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