Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:27:40 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Csaba Henk <csaba-ml@creo.hu> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Remove NTFS kernel support Message-ID: <20080214182740.GZ64299@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20080214101511.GE49155@beastie.creo.hu> References: <3bbf2fe10802061700p253e68b8s704deb3e5e4ad086@mail.gmail.com> <70e8236f0802070321n9097d3fy1b39f637b3c2a06@mail.gmail.com> <slrnfqrp6g.i6j.csaba-ml@beastie.creo.hu> <867ihdc34c.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080212190207.GB49155@beastie.creo.hu> <86d4r2540f.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080213165923.GD49155@beastie.creo.hu> <86zlu493ep.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080214101511.GE49155@beastie.creo.hu>
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--qD3brAgIG4LbUq6d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 11:15:11AM +0100, Csaba Henk wrote: >So then, just to clean up more implicit principles: also you mean that >LGPL'd code can't go to the base system unless absolutely necessary? Yes. >yes, why so? FreeBSD has embraced recently a big chunk of CDDL'd code >without making much fuss about licensing, and for practical purposes, If you're talking about either dtrace or ZFS: 1) The features are highly desirable and no more suitably licenced alternative is available now or likely to become available in the near future. 2) It is not part of the GENERIC system and will remain optional due to the license. 3) In the case of dtrace, licensing issues have delayed its implementation by at least a year. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --qD3brAgIG4LbUq6d Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHtIgc/opHv/APuIcRAq2tAJ9zGxLusQmIF3a0ysMROmjJ7mSMWACdF28I nhcOCY4Fg5U5nF31XpUZKoM= =v3jg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qD3brAgIG4LbUq6d--
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