HEADSUP: Replacing GNU gzip(1) implementation with a BSD licensed version

LI Xin delphij at delphij.net
Fri Jan 26 10:04:08 UTC 2007


Dear folks,

A BSD licensed gzip version has been ported from NetBSD, in order to
replace the current GNU GPL'ed gzip version found in our base system.

The new gzip would be added to src/usr.bin.  It is expected to hit the
tree soon.

Cheers,
-- 
Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!

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