Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 13:41:43 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: green@fang.cs.sunyit.edu (Charles Green) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: UNIX Sound SystemTM (USS) Lite (Formerly VoxWare) Message-ID: <199603302041.NAA09662@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199603301548.KAA00885@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> from "Charles Green" at Mar 30, 96 10:48:11 am
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> } > We should probably just go with TASD 3.5 which is under a BSDish > } > copyright and then develop sound ourselves from here on. At least there > } > is one bright side to this, we can finally clean up some of the sources so > } > we don't have #ifdef LINUX #ifdef SYSV #ifdef SCO #BSDI, and the assorted > } > horrible mess... > } > } Sounds good to me! Any takers? :-) > } > } Jordan > > Wow!!! VERY bad idea!! This will just create more incompatablities! I agree. While we are at it, we should just all go to SVR4, since developing a free OS (because we are disgruntled with the limitations on research and the slow speed of bug fixes) just creates more incompatabilities! In case you didn't recognize that, let me translate: relying on code which is not freely distributable under UCB-style license for *anything* people consider a key system component is a >*BAD*< thing. It is diametrically opposed to the philosophies behind FreeBSD (and NetBSD and OpenBSD, for that matter). This is also the reason for opposition to GPL and LGPL code in system critical components. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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