svn commit: r562485 - head/graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod

Kyle Evans kevans at freebsd.org
Mon Jan 25 14:04:40 UTC 2021


On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 3:57 AM Eugene Grosbein <eugen at grosbein.net> wrote:
>
> 24.01.2021 23:18, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 23:12:03 +0700
> > Eugene Grosbein <eugen at grosbein.net> wrote:
> >
> >> 24.01.2021 22:57, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
> >>
> >>> Author: manu
> >>> Date: Sun Jan 24 15:57:18 2021
> >>> New Revision: 562485
> >>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/562485
> >>>
> >>> Log:
> >>>   graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod: Update comment
> >>>
> >>>   This is only supported on FreeBSD 13.
> >>
> >> If it is only usable on single branch, why is it in ports and not in base?
> >
> >  Because there is still gplv2 code in there.
>
> Thanks, got it. But why is it a problem? It is distinct optional kernel module
> and we already have some GPL code in base, f.e. grep(1) from GNU coreutils (before bsdgrep) etc.
>

This is a bad reference, unfortunately, because we're actively
removing these things. grep, gdb, and libgnuregex got ripped out
before stable/13 even branched. There's really not that much left;
see: https://wiki.freebsd.org/GPLinBase


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