Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 02:48:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>, papowell@astart.com, nik@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006280244430.65349-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200006270725.BAA32822@harmony.village.org>
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On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Warner Losh wrote:
> Second, the ARTISTIC license does not preclude FreeBSD from including
> LPRng. This statement is still true. We can comply with all the
> terms of the license.
*We* can also comply with all the terms of the GPL. :-)
If you're willing to say "any third party commercial vendor who can't
comply with the terms of the LPRng license is free to replace it" then we
might as well just not worry about licensing issues at all and include GPL
code whenever it exists to fill a need, regardless of alternatives. I
don't think this is a PoV shared by the wider FreeBSD community.
> Third, we have a crying need for a better print system. lpr/lpd are
> hard to maintain and difficult to audit.
Is LPRng easier to maintain and audit?
Kris
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