Marcel Telka <Marcel.Telka at Sun.COM> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 17:07 +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > Darren Reed <Darren.Reed at Sun.COM> wrote:
> >
> > > /usr/sfw was fairly straightforward - where we installed software that
> > > was bundled but not part of ON. This was problematic for many because
> > > the default paths of various environments do not include /usr/sfw.
> >
> > For me, it would be important not to confuse /usr/sfw with /usr/gnu
> > and to only put GNU (FSF) software into /usr/gnu and not arbitrary free
> > software (even though this software may be under the GPL).
>
> If I understand it correctly you want to put GNU software into /usr/gnu
> and non-GNU software under /usr/sfw. Then the question is what we will
> do in case when some non-GNU software (placed in our /usr/sfw) becomes a
> GNU software? Will we move the software into /usr/gnu or not?
Please explain to me why non-GNU software should be in /usr/gnu
J?rg
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