On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Julian H. Stacey <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Alex >> order to build the system. the VCS however is not part of the build toolchain >> however (except 'make update' maybe). > > Some good points, but also remember make release also uses cvs > grep CVS /usr/src/release/Makefile
For convenience reasons, just like cdrtools exists purely for utility in release as well. As long as the license doesn't say "[if you use our tool,] ur srcs are ours", then I don't see why license matters here. As and long as we package the source with the OS and all of our changes, or provide the ability to install it via a port, we should be ok. clang, llvm, compiler_rt, etc are a different can of worms as the GPLv2 // LGPLv2 is viral and says "[if you use our tool with your srcs,] ur srcs have to be open" (paraphrased of course), which doesn't work for companies who have proprietary IP. Thanks, -Garrett PS IANAL. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
