Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:35:57 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, hitmaster2k@yahoo.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] RMS Suing was [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011214123557.Q3448@monorchid.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <1155.1008254206@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011213072327.043556b0@localhost> <1155.1008254206@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Thursday, 13 December 2001 at 15:36:46 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <4.3.2.7.2.20011213072327.043556b0@localhost>, Brett Glass writes: >> At 01:36 AM 12/13/2001, Terry Lambert wrote: >> >>> Brett: don't go of half cocked. Contamination is not an issue, since >>> most FreeBSD won't ever let it be. You need to read the whole thread. >> >> I've read the thread, and I'm concerned. Already, FreeBSD simply >> CANNOT BE BUILT and WILL NOT RUN IN THE DEFAULT INSTALL without >> GPLed code. This means that it is already contaminated, and it >> is truly sad that the project leadership has not made removing >> this contamination a primary goal. > > Brett, > > I've been working on FreeBSD since the very beginning, yet I have > a hard time judging your claim above as either true or false. Well, there are multiple statements: >> Already, FreeBSD simply CANNOT BE BUILT and WILL NOT RUN IN THE >> DEFAULT INSTALL without GPLed code. This is obviously true. There are a lot of GPLd tools in the build environment, notably gcc and binutils. >> This means that it is already contaminated, For some definition of "contaminated", yes. I see this statement as the definition. >> and it is truly sad that the project leadership has not made >> removing this contamination a primary goal. That's a very subjective point of view. I definitely have better things to do than start a religious war. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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