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[Q]

Correct me if I am wrong, but zlib isn't released under the GPL, so you
could switch to using /usr/bin/minigzip instead and it becomes a moot
point. 

Seeya...Q

On Sat, 2003-05-03 at 03:33, Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
> Thomas Seck wrote:
> > * Garrett Wollman (wollman at lcs.mit.edu):
> > 
> > 
> >>The correct answer for one of these has no implications on any of
> >>the others.
> > 
> > 
> > I am just a user but I'll second that.
> > 
> > Am I the only one who thinks that some people are on a "kill the GNU,
> > kill it now, no matter the cost" trip again?
> > 
> > I can see no benefit in switching to bzip2 other than eliminating GPL'ed
> > software. No, I do not think disk space is an issue nowadays.
> 
> If two programs do the same thing, but one is GPL and the other is not, 
> the other one is clearly preferable for FreeBSD.
> 
> As far as _ports_ are concerned, it is irrelevant. As far as the _base_ 
> system is concerned, the less we depend on GPL, the better.
> 
> The "sole benefit" you see is clearly enough of a benefit. There _are_ 
> good reasons to reduce dependency on GPL, y'know.