A new group?

Twitch · Post by **Twitch** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:24 pm

I have a idea for a open source software group.The main reason I have been thinking of this is because a lot of people have no problems with non free software in a political or moral sense ,but think that open source software has huge advantages for everyone.In short a more BSD styled group instead of GNU views on software.

So what do you think?

Alboin · Post by **Alboin** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:30 pm

What...?

You're going to start your own software group? Like GNU, but BSD? Then wouldn't you be BSD? Or, is it that you're writing an entire BSD operating environment from scratch under a BSD like license?

Good Luck.

PS: Start with a compiler.

Twitch · Post by **Twitch** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:31 pm

Sorry If I wasn't clear. I mean a BSD license like group instead of GNU.

What I'm trying to say is a group like with less restrictions on the license like a BSD license.And to my knowledge BSD is more of a OS family then a software group like GNU But I might be mistaken I just haven't seen a BSD software group?
But It wouldn't be called BSD I'm just saying a similar license.

Combuster · Post by **Combuster** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:00 pm

there is some BSD licensed stuff around...
nwcc is a BSD-licensed C compiler, you could use yasm as the system assembler (which is on-par with GAS considering the x86 platform)

I have yet to find a BSD-licensed linker but I didn't bother looking for one so I don't know wether there is a complete build system to be put together using the BSD license, but its not unlikely.

Brynet-Inc · Post by **Brynet-Inc** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:36 pm

ACK which was the original C(And others..) compiler/linker for Minix, It was originally proprietary..

But it's under a BSD/MIT licence now

http://tack.sourceforge.net/

And a lot of other software is under a BSD-like licence..
PHP/SVN/BIND/PostgreSQL and many many more applications...

Anyway.. I still can't see what this guy is getting at though... I've never even head of a "GPL group".

Twitch · Post by **Twitch** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:36 pm

Brynet-Inc wrote:ACK which was the original C(And others..) compiler/linker for Minix, It was originally proprietary..

But it's under a BSD/MIT licence now
http://tack.sourceforge.net/

And a lot of other software is under a BSD-like licence..
PHP/SVN/BIND/PostgreSQL and many many more applications...

Anyway.. I still can't see what this guy is getting at though... I've never even head of a "GPL group".

I mean GNU all their stuff is GPL licensed

LOL and if you're wondering why I said all this Solar inspired me with his post
http://www.osdev.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14083