Removal of /stand Directory

Alexey Dokuchaev danfe at regency.nsu.ru
Wed Oct 27 02:45:39 PDT 2004


On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 08:21:09AM -0600, Robin Schoonover wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:27:24 +0200
> Jose M Rodriguez <josemi at freebsd.jazztel.es> wrote:
> > El Martes, 26 de Octubre de 2004 08:56, Tim Kientzle escribi?:
> > >
> > > Ryan is proposing moving /usr/bin/gzip to /bin/gzip.
> > > /usr/bin/gzip only has 4 links: gzip, gunzip, gzcat, and zcat.
> > >
> > 
> > I recall that gzip comes from /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gzip and is GPL 
> > licensed.
> > 
> > I can't recall of any /usr/src/gnu/bin.  This may be an issue?
> > 
> 
> Doesn't netbsd use a BSD-licensed gzip?

It does.  In fact, it was recently picked up by dfBSD.  Here're details:
http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/commits/2004-10/msg00206.html

./danfe


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