On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 17:36 +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > 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
No. Non-gnu should be in /usr/sfw. But sometimes non-GNU becomes GNU (FSF adopt it as a GNU software). -- Marcel Telka
