From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 15 23:14:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E47091065671 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:14:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-24.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-24.bluehost.com [69.89.21.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA2728FC14 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:14:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 27200 invoked by uid 0); 15 Apr 2008 23:14:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 15 Apr 2008 23:14:49 -0000 Received: from c-67-165-217-249.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.165.217.249] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JluMS-00065j-Re for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:14:49 -0600 Received: by demeter.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:14:50 -0600 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:14:50 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20080415231450.GF78906@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2FkSFaIQeDFoAt0B" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 67.165.217.249 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: determining what's in the base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:14:52 -0000 --2FkSFaIQeDFoAt0B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have two questions. First: Assume you have a FreeBSD system installed that has been running for at least a year, with a bunch of graphical desktop and productivity software installed, and have both installed and uninstalled a lot of software over that time. Now imagine that you want to know whether a given utility was something that came with the base system or was installed by some port or package later on. What's the easiest way to do that (preferably without installing the FreeBSD base system on a computer and checking whether the utility is present)? Second: Where can I get a list of all licenses on all software in the base system? I know there's at least the BSD License, the GPL, and the LGPL, but I'm a little hazy on what else is in there. I'm pretty sure there isn't any proprietary closed source software in there, but I wouldn't bet any substantial amount of money on it at this point, because I haven't really checked into it. --=20 CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, to an RIAA executive: "Are you headed to junior high schools to round up the usual suspects?" --2FkSFaIQeDFoAt0B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgFNuoACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWL4ACg/HBsbFzSjQU+gjtfLwgT6Ba5 d8oAn0FLd/vaoVIxMaFySNA8gdUahOOq =ew/9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2FkSFaIQeDFoAt0B--