On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 06:54:58PM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 10:49:27AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: ..snip.. > > > nss_ldap itself uses LGPL. As we use nss_ldap only as dynamic library, > > > which is used in the "larger work" (which FreeBSD is), it can be also > > > included into the source tree. So, we can import nss_ldap, by directly > > > importing (with some specific changes, though) it and OpenLDAP into the > > > source tree, can we? Just want to be sure that I understand licensing > > > situation correctly. > > > > My understanding is that we are generally trying to avoid importing any new > > code that has any sort of GPL license. That would certainly be my (personal) > > preference in any case. > > Unless we have someone crediably committed to rewritting nss_ldap I > think this is a good place to make an exception. We can always remove > it later if an implementation exists, but we could really use better > integration with ldap. Why can't this live in ports? In none of my environments do I need LDAP support. I cannot imagine most of our users need LDAP support either. Also, openldap-2.3.24 appears to be 19MB of files. Just what are we talking about importing? I assume just the 3MB of the library directory? -- -- David (obrien_at_FreeBSD.org) Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is top-posting (putting a reply at the top of the message) frowned upon?Received on Mon Jul 10 2006 - 20:49:02 UTC
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