On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 11:44:34AM -0500, Dennis wrote:
> At 05:14 PM 12/19/2000, you wrote:
> >On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 12:25:43PM -0500, Dennis wrote:
> > >Am I a thief because my company provides value added solutions without
> > >source to our enhancements on a freebsd platform? If you are insulted that
> > >other people are using your work without paying for it then it sounds like
> > >you dont fit in very well with the "open source" community Mr. Kamp.
> >
> >This brings about a question I have been wondering about for quite some
> >time: How do you submit binary-only code to the ports collection? I just
> >re-read the porters' handbook, and it seems to be assuming that you will
> >always release source code for everything. But I am thinking about porting
> >some of my Windows software to FreeBSD, yet, I do not want to release the
> >source code (since much of it is the same I *sell* to Windows users in
> >binary-only form).
> >
> >Then again, I may decide not to do it: My latest port submission has been
> >sitting in the GNATS database for months, so why bother submitting more
> >when nobody cares anyway?
>
>
> Welcome to the Animal Farm!!!! THIS was my point about the FreeBSD camp
> particularly alienating binary vendors as to drive them away. The kernel
> make has been broken for years....the "fix it yourself" aka "tough sh*t"
> echo has been heard loud and clear.
>
> They dont want your stinking binary contributions. Get used to it.
Not suprisingly you're both wrong. Many binary-only ports exist
in the FreeBSD ports tree.
If you're going to act like an ass on the mailing lists at least try
to be correct while you do it.
--
Bill Fumerola - security yahoo / Yahoo! inc.
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