BSD port

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On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Kurt Miller
<lists at intricatesoftware.com> wrote:
> Hi Carla,
>
>  I am very happy that Sun is embracing the idea of accepting our work
>  into the code base and I'm looking forward to that happening. I have been
>  working closely with Greg on this and will continue to help move the process
>  along on our end too.  Would it be possible to move forward with the BSD
>  porting project at the same time as the legal parts are worked out?

I think that depends on how long sorting out the legal process can be
expected to take.
If it takes much longer than a couple of weeks, then I'd prefer to see
the legalese
sorted out first, to avoid being stuck with a frustrating situation
where we're still working
out legalese and singing of documents, and the project is stuck on 'wait'.

Do you have an estimate of work that needs to be done on the BSD side (and
Carla on Sun's side) and respective timelines? From my reading of the
discussions
so far:

* Sun needs to draft a document for the BSD porters that have worked
under the JRL to sign (and the FreeBSD foundation)
* The BSD porters need to have a list of contributors that have worked
under the JRL
* The people and organizations on the list sign off the document
* The FreeBSD foundation's commercial license plays into this, as well.
   Scope of the problem (if it is one) and its resolution is not
entirely clear to me yet.

Is there anything I've missed?

cheers,
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