From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Jan 3 01:25:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id BAA08990 for ports-outgoing; Fri, 3 Jan 1997 01:25:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from freenet.hamilton.on.ca (0@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca [199.212.94.65]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id BAA08985 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 1997 01:25:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca [199.212.94.66]) by freenet.hamilton.on.ca (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA23370; Fri, 3 Jan 1997 04:25:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (ac199@localhost) by james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA19468; Fri, 3 Jan 1997 04:27:40 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca: ac199 owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 04:27:39 -0500 (EST) From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Chuck Robey cc: m230761@ingenieria.ingsala.unal.edu.co, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Classic Matlab In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Chuck Robey wrote: [discussing Matlab] > > I'm willing to be flamed here if I'm wrong, and I know Pedro meant nothing > evil by suggesting this, but I hope this doesn't turn into a port. Take your pick: 1) Encouraging the use of a program in a way that arguably violates the BSD spirit, or 2) Doing your perceived duty as a porter to give FreeBSD users total choice over what programs they run. Maybe you should add: 3) Making a political decision not to piss-off potential FreeBSD supporters in the form of Matlab developers, as an easy way out. :) -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk