Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:56:39 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RMS says: "Use BSD, for goodness sake!" Message-ID: <3EFD3C27.EE4D1273@mindspring.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030625214311.00e5e240@localhost> <20030626110336.GW34365@iconoplex.co.uk> <20030626122023.GB763@nitro.dk> <20030626124601.GB57378@iconoplex.co.uk> <g3n0g3zcjf.0g3@localhost.localdomain>
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"Gary W. Swearingen" wrote: > > For most of the things you mention, they are included in > > "The Programmer's Workbench" from Bell Labs, which is now > > available for free download, including ksh93, awk, troff, > > etc.. > > > > Why not use the real things, if you are going to replace the > > GNU replacements? > > Maybe because AT&T's licenses are over the "onerous" threshold too. > Eg, ksh93's at http://www.research.att.com/sw/license/ast-open.html Get it under the new Plan 9 license from Plan 9 sources, instead. -- Terry
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