From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 5 18:56:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1872416A498 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:56:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reed@reedmedia.net) Received: from ca.pugetsoundtechnology.com (ca.pugetsoundtechnology.com [38.99.2.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CAA413C474 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:56:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reed@reedmedia.net) Received: from pool-71-123-204-253.dllstx.fios.verizon.net ([71.123.204.253] helo=reedmedia.net) by ca.pugetsoundtechnology.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1HE90t-0006v2-8N for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:56:27 -0800 Received: from reed@reedmedia.net by reedmedia.net with local (mailout 0.17) id 21971-1170701784; Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:56:25 -0600 Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:56:24 -0600 (CST) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: license change policy for patches added for ports? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:56:46 -0000 I am curious about if FreeBSD has a policy on licenses for patches added to ports? I am looking through the FreeBSD Porter's handbook and don't see anything mentioned yet. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/slow-patch.html doesn't mention licensing. The port where I have heard complaints about is the added copyright to ports/audio/cdparanoia Any comments? Any policy? One idea would be that anything added to FreeBSD ports files patches should need to be under the same original license. But I understand there could be exceptions. Mostly I am just curious. Jeremy C. Reed