FreeBSD's problems as seen by the BSDForen.de community

[Aryeh M. Friedman]

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Wilko Bulte wrote:
> Quoting Aryeh M. Friedman, who wrote on Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at
> 04:42:56AM -0500 ..
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>> Aryeh M. Friedman wrote:
>>> Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>>>> In message <478556AD.6090400 at bsdforen.de>, Dominic Fandrey
>>>> writes:
>>>>> The first problem is [...]
>>>> No. The first problem FreeBSD has, is that the users do not
>>>> financially support enough full-time developers.
>>> There are some possible solutions to the lack of funding
>>> without having to ask corps for huge donations (they would
>>> actually improve the amount of contributed work also in all
>>> likellyhood.... see my blog
>>>
http://www.flosoft-systems.com/flosoft_systems_community/blogs/aryeh/index.php)
>>>
>>>
>> Forgot to mention that the approach outline is fairly compatible
>> with the BSD style of doing stuff (one of the other people
>> involved with the effort is actually drafting a BSD style license
>> that is 100% compatible with the current one (Free)BSD
>> license)... see
>
> We need more licenses like we need a 3rd or 4th leg.  What is wrong
> with the standard BSD license please?

It makes funding unpleasent but needed projects more difficult then it
needs to be (I am not an expert on the exact goals but adding one
single sentence to the current license would suffice to repair the
primary causes)

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Aryeh M. Friedman
FloSoft Systems, Java Developer Tools
http://www.flosoft-systems.com
Developer, not business, friendly.
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