Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:48:00 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dwb : groff replacement proposal Message-ID: <AANLkTikzG3lkZ4QCKcM_YBeB5MZlZVOF2Q_NVJy9Z75D@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100630034622.GA48794@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <4C2AB793.4040601@laposte.net> <20100630034622.GA48794@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 05:18:43AM +0200, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: >> >> seen on http://wiki.freebsd.org/ContribSoftware, groff have switch >> to GPLv3 license, so, > > So what? =A0The version of groff in the src/ isn't > going to suddenly stop working. =A0Please send this > type of email to free-advocacy or freebsd-chat. > It has no place here. Steve, I do see his point because bitrot software doesn't help, and apart from our toolchain and a few other things, a lot of the GNU software is being forced out eventually. groff hasn't been touched in ages however. Regardless, there's already work being done to remedy this in the FreeBSD community; see: http://www.freebsdnews.net/2009/05/11/deprecating-groff-bsd-manual-display/ for one link. Thanks, -Garrett
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