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FreeBSD wouldn't select a default shell that uses the GPL, but using a simple POSIX shell as the default would make sense.
by JoshTriplett 7y ago
FreeBSD wouldn't select a default shell that uses the GPL, but using a simple POSIX shell as the default would make sense.
- toast0 7y agoPOSIX sh is a sensible default; and the technical work to do it would take less time than we've spent writing these comments. However, actually changing the default, would be a major effort; you'd need to form a consensus that the new default is better than the old default, that it's so much better than the old default that invalidating any documentation that relies on the old default is worth it.
- anthk 7y agoksh is not GPL and it's much better than csh.