From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 6 17:57:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 323711065697; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:57:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rbgarga@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f171.google.com (mail-vw0-f171.google.com [209.85.212.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7D168FC17; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:56:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws1 with SMTP id 1so2640336vws.27 for ; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:56:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rDzQ4qSt8x3pOxJcHK2577D+otKjdrfb/94zK336AVo=; b=EVxIyEqqTrZcTawTHTIqBsmNgGDTmLewkKA9Xn2YJ0gjg47HfXbbyRxC+AbJgsfIHt JcHxFSPB49pkRASgkYfhqIcOYnBGGbudSQwUE1Ve/FBU5+JpVTmnFNVNU5Ga1Wbe75uE u0Q+h3KZNZLBbzyQRcMAm1xyCx7LMcUHGnfug= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=K4UQHtpcRWOKKU5CPoleLGs0f6zaqJVGooQjWC5DCpyXighUeY+clOfevLWwR7k9BS GKf2M25CTbIEZNOucp+porisvW0bIMbTBndATXl/x7hxrN/MjkXCH5nNhEGraGAIJ/5e pp6+4QLyJnWOviCyKfoPwOwpTxJRtr2HusqW0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.79.140 with SMTP id p12mr2794588vck.57.1254849887139; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:24:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20091002133231.GA17567@hades.panopticon> References: <20090930100658.GA99090@obspm.fr> <20090930110508.GA50565@hades.panopticon> <20090930161915.GA18014@lonesome.com> <20091001111417.GF50565@hades.panopticon> <20091001112323.GA26407@droso.net> <20091001114546.GH50565@hades.panopticon> <20091001213656.GA14925@lonesome.com> <20091002133231.GA17567@hades.panopticon> From: Renato Botelho Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:24:27 -0300 Message-ID: <747dc8f30910061024h5346b25evd27369955f9d6768@mail.gmail.com> To: Dmitry Marakasov Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Albert Shih , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org, Mark Linimon , ion-general@lists.berlios.de Subject: Re: ion windows manager on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:57:00 -0000 On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Dmitry Marakasov wrote: > * Mark Linimon (linimon@lonesome.com) wrote: > >> The author orginally contacted us with a legal threat because we were >> not in compliance with the 28-day clause. =9AA long, acrimonious disucss= ion >> ensued. =9AIn that discussion, the author was asked "if we agree to meet >> that condition going forward, would you guarantee that this would remove >> any further legal threat?" and he said yes ... >> >> for now. >> >> But that he reserved the right to change his mind later. >> >> *depending* on what we did or did not do in the future -- not just in >> adhering to the *existing clauses* like the "significant" clause or >> "renamed" clause -- both of which he mentioned would be part of any >> lawsuit. >> >> Legally indefensible? =9AOf course. =9AWould that prevent a lawsuit bein= g >> filed? =9ANo. =9AAnyone can sue anyone for anything. > > Well, if you insist I of course won't commit it. But the whole thing > disappoints me greately, cause I was pretty sure at least FreeBSD > developers won't be affected by a mere FUD. Do you honestly think > the probability of Tuomo suing us is higher of, say, me suing, well, > us? =9AAnd that anything will change by us not providing a port we > have absolutely totally utterly 100% right to provide? =9AThat is > just silly. > > The port from now on is available here (removed from people.freebsd.org): > http://mirror.amdmi3.ru/ports/ion3-20090110.port.tar You can start a fork of it, change its name, its license, and keep it as a separate project... people will use the same software with another name. Everybody will be happy and we won't have a Tuomo's software inside ports collection again. --=20 Renato Botelho