Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 12:33:25 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.ORG>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: libcompat proposition Message-ID: <199908121833.MAA05897@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199908121830.MAA05156@harmony.village.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908121417340.94208-100000@janus.syracuse.net> <199908121830.MAA05156@harmony.village.org>
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> : There > : is simply no reason to assume that anything under a gnu directory is GPLd, > : or that anything GPLd is going to be under a gnu directory (which it's not.) > > I'm afraid there is. It has been stated many times in the past that > all GPL'd software resides under gnu. This is true in the big > (/usr/src/gnu) and in the small (src/sys/gnu). The gnu directory name > is magic in the minds of many people, and has been for a long time in > the FreeBSD project. While much of the actual software lives in > /usr/contrib, those parts that are under GPL are still built in > gnu/.... It is confusing, despite your assertions to the contrary. > That's just how FreeBSD has operated for as long as I can recall, > certainly back to the 1.0 time frame. This decision was made before *any* releases were made, and should continue. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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