Re: FreeBSD to use a packaging system close to Debian?

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Richard Braakman writes ("Re: FreeBSD to use a packaging system close to Debian?"):
> Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> > I suggested that they use dpkg itself but they refuse because it's GNU. NIH 
> > striked again.
> 
> Yeah.  How unreasonable of them to worry so much about licensing issues ;-)

I was approached by someone - I can't remember who, now, but they
didn't have any `official standing' with any of the *BSDs - who asked
me whether I would be willing to put dpkg under an X-like licence or
under the LGPL.  I said no, I probably wouldn't be willing.