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Date:      24 Mar 1999 22:15:24 +0100
From:      Anton Berezin <tobez@plab.ku.dk>
To:        Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net>
Cc:        freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: a call for s/w support
Message-ID:  <864sna613n.fsf@lion.plab.ku.dk>
In-Reply-To: Donald Wilde's message of Wed, 24 Mar 1999 12:12:41 -0700
References:  <36F93929.A88B20AE@thuntek.net>

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Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> writes:

> I'm going to need to build a web-interfaced database for our
> advocacy work, and I'd like your help, suggestions and pointers to
> links to getting it done. I've built it before in Perl, but I'd like
> to do it in C++ because I want everything we do to be
> BSD-license-clean.

I don't think it's a wise decision.  How the fact that your scripts
are written in Perl can harm your advocacy efforts?  I can see no
difference between creating the scripts using GPLed gcc and
not-quite-as-GPLed perl!  One is even able to choose between GPL and
Artistic licenses for Perl stuff.  Also, nobody can hold you from
releasing your perl scripts with whatever license you like.

Aside from that, the whole idea seems to me like a waste of time and
efforts.  Perl is simply better suited for the job.

-- 
Anton Berezin <tobez@plab.ku.dk>
The Protein Laboratory, University of Copenhagen


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