[indiana-discuss] Indiana Problem Statement

[Moinak Ghosh]

Stephen Lau wrote:
> Moinak Ghosh wrote:
>> Stephen Lau wrote:
>>>>>    3.5) Derivative Distributions
>>>>>
>>>>>         DST-1: Indiana should be created out of solely 
>>>>> re-distributable,
>>>>>                modular binary components that are open source. 
>>>>> Indiana
>>>>>                should value a strong commitment to freedom - the 
>>>>> freedom to
>>>>>                download, run, copy, share, change and improve.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hey Glynn,
>>>     Does the above mean that Indiana will be helping out with 
>>> Project Emancipation?  We still have the closed binaries that are 
>>> redistributable (but not open source) needed before DST-1 can be 
>>> fulfilled.
>>
>>   The following list of closed utilities will become open simply by 
>> moving to ksh93:
>>   test wait bg type getopts alias umask fg read ulimit jobs hash fc 
>> unalias kill
>
> I'm thinking more along the lines of libc_i18n.a
> And if Indiana ever chooses to target sparc, the sparc disassembler 
> will need some love.

   Yes there are a bunch of things. That list is just some low-hanging 
fruit.

Regards,
Moinak.

>
> cheers,
> steve
>