Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:04:26 -0600 From: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> Cc: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>, Emmanuel Vadot <manu@freebsd.org>, ports-committers <ports-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r562485 - head/graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod Message-ID: <CACNAnaH_Qr9H2CP1mbo5VgVZeVoLhTqz8=7bt1pP9%2BAv40LWdA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <702bff75-8cb8-6da5-cf03-f6f76d091587@grosbein.net> References: <202101241557.10OFvIfI096150@repo.freebsd.org> <42abb164-6b50-6bc6-8fc0-a859447494dd@grosbein.net> <20210124171816.620ef0bfe726819b74e18635@bidouilliste.com> <702bff75-8cb8-6da5-cf03-f6f76d091587@grosbein.net>
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On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 3:57 AM Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> wrote: > > 24.01.2021 23:18, Emmanuel Vadot wrote: > > > On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 23:12:03 +0700 > > Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> wrote: > > > >> 24.01.2021 22:57, Emmanuel Vadot wrote: > >> > >>> Author: manu > >>> Date: Sun Jan 24 15:57:18 2021 > >>> New Revision: 562485 > >>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/562485 > >>> > >>> Log: > >>> graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod: Update comment > >>> > >>> This is only supported on FreeBSD 13. > >> > >> If it is only usable on single branch, why is it in ports and not in base? > > > > Because there is still gplv2 code in there. > > Thanks, got it. But why is it a problem? It is distinct optional kernel module > and we already have some GPL code in base, f.e. grep(1) from GNU coreutils (before bsdgrep) etc. > This is a bad reference, unfortunately, because we're actively removing these things. grep, gdb, and libgnuregex got ripped out before stable/13 even branched. There's really not that much left; see: https://wiki.freebsd.org/GPLinBase
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