Why not give git a try? (was "Re: [head tinderbox] failure on amd64/amd64")

[Garrett Cooper]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Julian H. Stacey <jhs at berklix.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Alex
>> order to build the system. the VCS however is not part of the build toolchain
>> however (except 'make update' maybe).
>
> Some good points,  but also remember make release also uses cvs
>         grep CVS /usr/src/release/Makefile

For convenience reasons, just like cdrtools exists purely for utility
in release as well.

As long as the license doesn't say "[if you use our tool,] ur srcs are
ours", then I don't see why license matters here. As and long as we
package the source with the OS and all of our changes, or provide the
ability to install it via a port, we should be ok.

clang, llvm, compiler_rt, etc are a different can of worms as the
GPLv2 // LGPLv2 is viral and says "[if you use our tool with your
srcs,] ur srcs have to be open" (paraphrased of course), which doesn't
work for companies who have proprietary IP.

Thanks,
-Garrett

PS IANAL.