Re: There is BSD in libguile

[David Kastrup]

Michael Tiedtke <address@hidden> writes:

> I just found a BSD copyright notice in inet_aton for the 1.8
> branch. But then the GNU C library as well contains BSD code. We're
> all going BSD, aren't we?

Try to catch up.  Networking stack and utilities have been from BSDlite
(?) in both Linux kernel and GNU from the getgo.  That's what the BSD
licenses are about: being compatible with other licensing schemes.

It does makes for an inconsistency in command line usage.

Most net tools on GNU/Linux, if at all, support only the --help and
--version GNU-style long options.

Classics like "ping" don't even support those.

MIT-licensed programs like the normal display server "X" don't support
--help and --version either but have long options with a _single_ dash,
like -display.

Again, it's not like the X Window system is particularly new in
GNU/Linux.  The GNU project never was about reinventing the wheel when
free alternatives were already available.

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David Kastrup