Re: incorrect statement on www page

From: Chuck Swiger (cswiger_at_mac.com)
Date: 04/29/05

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    Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:14:06 -0400
To: Steve Ames <steve@energistic.com>

    Steve Ames wrote:
    > On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 09:47:30AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
    >> You need to specify the (lots of stuff) better.
    >> Because the following are found on my system.
    >>
    >>>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/hptmv/i386-elf.raid.o.uu
    >>>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/contrib/dev/nve/i386/nvenetlib.o.bz2.uu
    >
    > Sure. But they aren't source. This is rather a sad discussion as 3rd party
    > drivers really aren't part of the OS.

    Agreed. Third-party drivers under a proprietary license are not really part
    of FreeBSD, although, if the license permits, FreeBSD can include the binary
    objects into CVS and/or put them into the .ISO images for CDs. Other
    proprietary drivers have more onerous restrictions, and are handled via ports.

    The current approach is more convenient for users, and I don't suggest
    changing that. However, I would not be unhappy if the documentation was
    clarified, or if the HPT RAID driver was moved from src/sys/dev/ to
    src/sys/contrib/dev/ to clearly indicate that it is contributed by a third party. 

    -- 
-Chuck
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