On 10/28/07, Peter P. wrote: > In continuation to the license type thread, I would like to post a link to an > article I found, that relates to this issue, and shows that not even BSD > licensed code is immune from GPL viaral contamination ... > > http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2902106404.html > > And adds one more argument to what I said: 'do NOT > mix open source licenses with each other and with closed > license code'. This is true. And it is a long term goal for BSD distros to be relatively GPL free. Currently they still rely on GCC for the toolchain and I think the situation will continue for a long time. Reference: read FreeBSD and NetBSD's response to GPLv3. http://gpl3.palamida.com:8080/index.jsp#KeyProjects Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist