On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Tim Kientzle wrote: >> It's not clear this is comprehensive, but it may still be useful in >> discussing replacing GPL'd components with non-GPL'd ones: >> >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/ContribSoftware > > Should we add a column indicating possible alternatives? Certainly. > For example, I'm working on a new cpio now, Kai Wang is working on binutils, > and I'm sure there are other projects in the works. > > I agree with other folks who have picked out GNU readline as probably the > most troublesome. The other GPL-licensed tools are generally separate > applications that could be fairly easily dropped from any particular > application (embedded applications probably don't need to distribute gdb or > gcc, for instance). For embedded systems, a non-GPL gdbserver might be useful. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of CambridgeReceived on Sat Oct 06 2007 - 06:46:04 UTC
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