1*05012af6Sbenno$OpenBSD: README,v 1.2 2016/09/03 22:32:04 benno Exp $ 290ebfe02Sespie 3*05012af6SbennoThis directory contains software that is Gigantic and Nasty but 4*05012af6SbennoUnavoidable. 590ebfe02Sespie 6*05012af6SbennoSome, but not all, of the software in this subtree follows special 7*05012af6Sbennorules, i.e. licences other than BSD. 890ebfe02Sespie 990ebfe02SespieSo: 1090ebfe02Sespie- check the history of external code before importing it. 11*05012af6Sbenno- for GPL software be ready to arrange for copyright papers somewhat 12*05012af6Sbennoin advance if you want to work on it (the FSF takes a few months to 13*05012af6Sbennoprocess these). 1490ebfe02Sespie 1590ebfe02SespieOtherwise, changes might not make it to the main distribution, and may 1690ebfe02Sespieneed some further maintenance over time, or risk getting lost. 1790ebfe02Sespie 1890ebfe02SespieSome internal changes are acceptable, but OpenBSD can't afford to maintain 1990ebfe02Sespiea complete separate toolchain on its own. 20