Re: New committers?

[Jim Jagielski <ji...@jaguNET.com>]

On Aug 31, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Wojciech Meyer <wo...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Jim Jagielski <ji...@jaguNET.com> writes:
> 
>> On Aug 31, 2012, at 2:27 PM, "C. Bergström" <cb...@pathscale.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 09/ 1/12 01:25 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote:
>>>> Are you suggesting that FreeBSD does not allow the inclusion of ANY
>>>> ALv2 library under its ports directory?
>>> I'll give you the benefit of the a doubt one more time...
>>> 
>>> stdcxx ends up linking against *EVERY* C++ application if it's used
>>> in the default compiler setup.  (Which is what I was trying to
>>> achieve) That includes *******GPLv2******** software in ports.  Get
>>> it?
>>> 
>> 
>> I notice you did not answer my question... It's a simply question
>> and requires a simple yes or no. Are you suggesting that FreeBSD does
>> not allow the inclusion of ANY ALv2 library under its ports directory?
>> 
>> Thx.
> 
> Hi again,
> 
> the point is that the stdcxx is rudimentary for the C++ applications,
> and if they are GPL then can't use stdcxx as a standard C++
> library.

Again, this is simply untrue. GPLv2 and GPLv3 have exceptions for
system libraries... 

Considering that the entire argument is based on the above false
assumption, everything else is moot.