Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 19:42:27 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Peter Looyenga <pl@catslair.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Would software "for non-commercial use" be acceptable as a port? Message-ID: <51F468F3.70301@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <001001ce8b29$63546b80$29fd4280$@catslair.org> References: <001001ce8b29$63546b80$29fd4280$@catslair.org>
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On 07/27/13 19:28, Peter Looyenga wrote: > Hi gang, > > I've been professionally using FreeBSD for quite some time now (my company > now uses 4 FreeBSD servers for web services) and during the implementation > period I've become quite fascinated with the ports system. And this evening > I suddenly had an idea, but I'm not too sure how feasible this idea is, so > I'm hoping some of you guys would be willing to give me some suggestions or > advice. > > I've been using a commercial software product for the past 4 years now; I > started using it on Linux and nowadays I use it on Windows. > > The company behind this product provides several editions of their product, > including a "community edition" which can be used free of charge but > non-commercial use only. It does have some functional limitations which, in > my opinion (but I am biased), aren't really intrusive. For example if you > print some output you'll get a watermark too. Stuff like that. > > Even so; I strongly support this software. Like I said before I've been > using it myself for the past 4 years (in all fairness: I got myself a > commercial license too, which wasn't too expensive in my opinion) and even > now I'm still quite passionate about this stuff. > > > Now; I read that the ports collection provides a /truly/ free environment > and doesn't shun entries which may not match the idea of free and/or open > source software. > > So my question should be obvious: Would I be right to assume that the > software product as I described it above could be a liable addition for the > ports collection, or is there something I'm overlooking? > > Needless to say I'm obviously contacting the company behind it as well, I > can say I'm in quite good terms with them, and nothing will be done without > their explicit permission. > > But before I start on such an endeavor I'd really appreciate if you guys > could confirm (or deny) if my plans are actually feasible? > > Am I right to conclude that the product, with the non-commercial clause I > described above, could be a candidate for the ports collection or would the > restriction be a huge obstacle? > We already have a lot of non-commercial-use software in ports (usually marked "RESTRICTED" in the Makefile), so there certainly shouldn't be any intrinsic difficulty there. -Nathan
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