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OpenBSD 3.7 Reviewed

Posted by Hemos on from the good-stuff-to-read dept.

busfahrer writes "Jem Matzan has written a review of OpenBSD 3.7 for Newsforge. He talks about their licensing issues, network features, upgrading packages and the new supported architectures."

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  1. Re:Declare your bias, why don't you? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    You have issues with BSD licensing? How much freeer do you want it?

    RTFA. The issue mentioned is that OpenBSD folks object to the Apache 2 licence, and so OpenBSD won't get Apache 2.
    In fact you won't even find Apache 2, because its license is more restrictive than its predecessor. OpenBSD 3.7 includes a heavily modified version of Apache 1.3.29 instead.
  2. Re:Declare your bias, why don't you? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Fact 1: BSD license isn't free enough to allow merging in GPLed code.
    Fact 2: GPL isn't free enough to allow merging in BSD licensed code.

    No, the modified BSD licence - which everyone uses nowadays - allows you to mix BSD and GPL code. The result is always GPL.

    But that's not the issue here - RTFA.

  3. Re:Declare your bias, why don't you? by compass46 · · Score: 4, Informative

    The drivers are open source. The board firmware is closed source. They got permission to distribute the blob for the card firmware to make wi-fi setup easier for users so they didn't have to jump through hoops to get their cards to work.

  4. Re:Declare your bias, why don't you? by Caligari · · Score: 4, Informative

    Who said anything about closed source wireless drivers?

    The whole point of the recent OpenBSD wireless developments are that the drivers are completely free!

    Stallman gave Theo de Raadt the 2004 FSF award in Febuary as recognition for crying out loud!

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