Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 15:00:29 -0700 (PDT) From: "Cyrille Lefevre" <cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/67308: ready to import bootstrap_cmds/relpath from Darwin Message-ID: <200405302200.i4UM0THX072744@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/67308; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Cyrille Lefevre" <cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net> To: "gnats-submit @FreeBSD.org" <FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org> Cc: Subject: Re: bin/67308: ready to import bootstrap_cmds/relpath from Darwin Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 23:52:48 +0200 "Robert Watson" <rwatson@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Fri, 28 May 2004, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > > > regarding the APSL (http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/), do you think > > it is possible to import some darwin commands w/ mods. [snip] > The FreeBSD Core Team took a look at the APSL a while back, and decided > that similar to LGPL/GPL, it was an acceptable license for use in > userspace for stand-alone tools, but that similar protections to LGPL/GPL > would be required for kernel code (not built by default, carefully marked, > etc). That said, Apple tends to release only code they've heavily > rewritten or created from scratch under APSL; code they modify tends to > remain under the existing license (CMU, BSD, etc). Generally they're > careful to label the license on the download page. Cyrille Lefevre. -- home: mailto:cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net
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