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On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 07:27:40PM +0100, Harald Servat wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> I've recently used the call backtrace[1] from the libexec (found in
> /usr/local/lib) library and I've found it very useful.
> As it does not have (nor their relatives) a manual entry, I wondered if=
I
> could submit one for it. I'm not very skilled on writing manual
> documentation, and I've never submitted anything to FreeBSD but a port, b=
ut
> I'd like to try.
libexecinfo is from the port devel/libexecinfo so the base system isn't
relevant. If we were to add it to the base the following responses
would apply. As it stands, the author could choose to include a GPL or
APSL licensed manpage, but doing so would not be a step toward getting
the functionality into the base (perhaps in libutil).
> As I have access to a Linux machine that has this manual entry[2], I
> wondered if I could use it as a base (or maybe copying it). However, as I
> don't want to start a BSD-License vs GPL-license war, I just want to know=
if
> it's permitted importing (using as a base, copying, ... or other
> possibilities that do not come into my mind right now) manual files from
> other OSes to FreeBSD.
There's no chance we'd allow a GPL based manual for a non-GPL based
function in the system. We require GPL licensed pieces to be carefully
isolated and requiring that the documentation for a well integrated
piece of functionality would make no sense.
> Regards and thank you.
>=20
> PS Googling around, I've also seen that MacOSX has this manual entry[3],
> but it's not as good as [2]. Being MacOSX BSD-based, is the situation bet=
ter
> to import it?
An APSL licensed manpage is basically no better better than a GPL
licensed one. If this were in the base we'd require that a manpage be
licensed under the BSD license .
-- Brooks
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