> On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 05:03:08AM +0000, Aryeh Friedman wrote:
> > I am intrested in putting together a version of FreeBSD (at least the
> > non-ports portion) that is 100% viral license (gpl and lgpl [not
> > techinically viral but I don't trust it]) free... where would be a
> > good starting point on this project?

It has been discussed on this list many times.

Find or code replacements.

Look in the src/gnu directory.

bc      OpenBSD, another from NetBSD developer (replace his GPL version)
binutils        http://wiki.freebsd.org/BSDBintools
cc      pcc (and others)
cpio    many replacements available, like bsdcpio(1) using libarchive
csu     ?
cvs     see OpenBSD
dc      2 replacements available: OpenBSD and from NetBSD developer
dialog  http://www.freebsdsoftware.org/misc/freedialog.html
diff    see OpenBSD and others
diff3   see OpenBSD and others
gdb     see OpenBSD and others for debugger alternatives
gperf   ?
grep    NetBSD, OpenBSD
groff   see MirBSD and from ragge
libdialog       see above
libgcc  ?
libgcov ?
libgomp ?
libreadline     editline
libregex        don't use it, don't use GNU gdb, cvs, diff, and grep.
man     NetBSD, OpenBSD
patch   NetBSD, OpenBSD
rcs     OpenBSD
sdiff   NetBSD, OpenBSD
send-pr OpenBSD (sendbug)
sort    NetBSD, OpenBSD
texinfo Get rid of its usage and move to ports only

  Jeremy C. Reed
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