Why does OpenBSD still include Perl in its base installation?

Re:Why does OpenBSD still include Perl in its base installat... by eitland on Saturday May 30, 2020 @02:25PM (#23363374)

> Right, but the GPL license's protection also means that a BSD cannot be distributed under the BSD license (or similar) if it includes GPL components.

I fail to see how this is different from what I wrote above (except for the missing word in my post above):

> You cannot however mix GPL code into your BSD code and [distribute] the resulting work as BSD.

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Re:Why does OpenBSD still include Perl in its base installat... by greggyb on Saturday May 30, 2020 @05:21PM (#23364843)

I didn't pay enough attention to usernames as I was replying and thought I was talking to multiple people through the chain.

We are in verbose (and unnecessary on my part) agreement.

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