Subject: Re: Questions about using XSM?
To: None <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Rolf Braun <rbraun@cstone.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/13/1998 14:52:14
>For the record (and, this is my personal opinion based on my interpretations
>of the licenses in question, and not necessarily the opinion of NASA or
>of my employer, MRJ Technology Solutions, Inc.) ... I think that the
>"anonymous CVS" and similar methods of source distribution are actually
>pushing the limits or actually in violation of even the UCB license.  I
>think the reason they still exist is because no one has (yet) bothered to
>take legal action against parties which distribute sources with that method.
>
>...but I digress.

And what about the following text controls _how_ the source is distributed?

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>(4) VM system - we have UVM.  Chuck Cranor did a new VM system to
>    address the problems in the Mach VM system, rather than continuing
>    to tweak the Mach VM system... in many ways, this was the Right Thing,
>    and very typical of the NetBSD way of doing things .. "If it sucks,
>    start from scratch and do it right!"

"If it ain't broke, don't break it."

Mach VM may have had some problems, but it worked reliably. I can't say the
same for UVM so far, especially not on mac68k.

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