From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 20 05:16:47 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B9F5BB7B for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 05:16:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-x22e.google.com (mail-ig0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 88C4DA51 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 05:16:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f174.google.com with SMTP id a13so4678123igq.7 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2014 22:16:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=onHEP3f/tzN9WIvKUvzU/XYTQdQxopZEFeKtLGI7rgA=; b=SECn/9YDW+quVla4JxAmCqo024eKhXz2JK9ACas/hTIfRHulKPK1yjDpR5z/SDLbjT WLlhB/FQlbVMe2uBTxsRWmn/z7KlgikXO46XFiHzsIE717acsiZbDwLgnKK08UWnp+KE 9q7P44p6/9pl41QDsUjDllnE/kaCTWqC+aE4+Cx4SN6KdCG1aqpn/AV1E+yB9Ugj3pvF T1IAsTaEnoGR37xK+bj30XIiu1PMO35p8yKZpobfRKFcL380iIK6zT3rPW5VSVXSy5GK OrWnF4bgBplnHVeGBTkfk6/FGAOXKu/3+dz1P6jmUljqbGKh1Qx7THHpWjyjbFs2xVnR soAA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.24.10 with SMTP id u10mr257243icb.58.1413782207003; Sun, 19 Oct 2014 22:16:47 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.11.141 with HTTP; Sun, 19 Oct 2014 22:16:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1036201413779716@web20j.yandex.ru> References: <1036201413779716@web20j.yandex.ru> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 22:16:46 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 2WqfIQbHa_Q13aSvMsVoM8CptGQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: Adding an "only-free" option to the ports system From: Kevin Oberman To: Martin Hanson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 05:16:47 -0000 On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 9:35 PM, Martin Hanson wrote: > Hi > > This is a suggestion. > > Would it not be possible to add a feature to the ports system which > enables the user to choose to avoid non Open Source ports? > > Some ports are obvious binary blobs, but other ports are less obvious. > > I would like to be able to add an option saying "only-free", or similar > to Debians "main". > > Kind regards. > While a bit of a work in progress, I would think that the LICENSE facility in ports covers this. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com