> As far as I understand, the OpenBSD position appears to be that trying
> to police users by forbidding them to maintain and retrieve port
> metadata about unfree software via this adjunct service (that is not
> included in the OS) would be a restriction of the users' freedom.
>
> Obviously I disagree with that position. This isn't an issue of the
> users' freedom at all. It is an issue of what OpenBSD says to the
> public.
GCC contains a file called config/sol2.h:
/* Operating system specific defines to be used when targeting GCC for any
Solaris 2 system.
Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
What does that say to the public? It says you can use gcc on a non-free
operating system.
How's it feel to be a hypocrite?
What about
gcc/config/rs6000/aix.h
gcc/config/vax/vms.h
Or how about gcc/config/i386/win32.h:
/* Operating system specific defines to be used when targeting GCC for
hosting on Windows NT 3.x, using a Unix style C library and tools,
as distinct from winnt.h, which is used to build GCC for use with a
windows style library and tool set and uses the Microsoft tools.
Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
And hordes -- thousands upon thousands -- of #ifdef's and other crap
to support the Windows ABI.
I note that date of 1995 on the above file. That's around the last time
when you were around actually touching code, right?
Richard, you are a total hypocrite. You are in here creating a fuss about
our software, saying it is non-free, when you are doing exactly the same
thing yourself.
