Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 01:11:15 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: obrien@FreeBSD.org Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: nvi maintainer? Message-ID: <3B495913.89A8C1C2@softweyr.com> References: <200107072203.PAA09299@windsor.research.att.com> <xzp3d88s3o0.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20010708005155.J8775@canonware.com> <20010708032002.D97456@bohr.physics.purdue.edu> <20010708201329.A85258@dragon.nuxi.com> <3B4936F2.72D7C1C7@softweyr.com> <20010708233951.B90028@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 10:45:38PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote:
> > David O'Brien wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 03:20:02AM -0500, Will Andrews wrote:
> > > > OR... import Vim and get rid of nvi? :-)
> > > ..snip..
> > > > The maintainer reserves the right to include any changes in the official
> > > > version of Vim. This is negotiable. You are not allowed to distribute a
> > > > modified version of Vim when you are not willing to make the source code
> > > > available to the maintainer.
> > >
> > > Uh... did you read this part __carefully__??
> >
> > I don't see a problem there. It's not like we're going to hide the source
> > to FreeBSD from the vim maintainer. OTOH, I don't really think we need
> > a "better" vi bad enough to lump in vim.
>
> I am very surprised to hear this coming from you -- a commercial embedded
> developer. Remember, FreeBSD isn't the end of all -- rather we offer
> something others can take, modify, commercialize, propietize, and not give
> away the crown jewels.
But the likelihood of putting vi on an embedded system is low, and the
likelihood of putting a modified vi on an embedded system is very very
small. The likelihood of putting a 1.2 megabyte vi on *my* embedded
system is so small science has not yet invented an instrument that can
measure it.
What I'm saying is there are better arguments against vim than the license.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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