Ugly Huge BSD Monster

[Brett Glass]

At 12:22 PM 9/3/2003, Diego Calleja =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Garc=EDa?= wrote:

>*ahem*. I'm not by any means a GPL advocate.

You have "linux" in your e-mail address.

>Then go and rewrite gnome and kde in a BSD license, ok? 

Actually, there are opportunities to do things that are MUCH
better. Starting with X11 (which was designed for limited CPU,
limited memory, and plentiful network bandwidth -- exactly the
opposite of today's conditions) puts both of these environments
at a big disadvantage. Yes, one would have to build up driver
support, but this would be helped by the fact that the X11 code 
can be mined for information and code to support the cards.

>I've nothing against it...
>
>You'll be at their level by 2025, 

Why so long? After all, unlike GPLed code, it'd be usable by
commercial software vendors, so they'd be likely to support the
effort.

>go ahead...or make gnome and kde work under freebsd 

You'll probably achive THIS in about 2025, if ever. They're designed
for Linux, not FreeBSD, and the developers have no interest in
supporting anything that's not GPLed (or is not Linux).

>and get a freebsd desktop TODAY.

So, you're suggesting that FreeBSD users put up with incompatibilities,
glitches, and an unethical licensing regime merely because they can
get something that KINDA works today? This is very shortsighted. Why
not just go with Windows? It has all of the same attributes.

--Brett