On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 04:52:37PM -0400, Gerard wrote: > On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:46:35 +0200 > Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Isn't possible to add GPLv3 code in the base system? > >> (By possible I mean the license part, not the technical part;) > >> > > > >There is a strong preference not to do this. > > Doing a totally unscientific investigation reveals that the trend seems > to be towards the use of GPLv3 license. As a 'claws-mail' user myself, > I know that, that caused a problem with the 'ClamAV' plug-in that was > formerly used by 'claws-mail' > > Since it appears to be apparent that newer software might very well be > released under the GPLv3 license, it might behoove the FreeBSD team to > rethink its ideas or beliefs regarding the inclusion of such software > into the base system. At the very least, it might very well make life > easier for end users who need the support that programs using that > license are now offering.
I must have missed something along the way, because I don't understand what the "preferences" are to *not* use 4.3. I have it buiilt and runing here on my mail desktop and at least one other FBSD server. Clues, please. gary > > Then again, I could be wrong. Just my 2ยข. > > -- > Gerard > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"