Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:26:31 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <code@apotheon.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: custom license on new port? Message-ID: <20120618142631.GB17329@hemlock.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4FDF0998.3000005@FreeBSD.org> References: <4FDF0998.3000005@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 06:57:28AM -0400, Michael Scheidell wrote: > got a new port. submitted by the copyright owner and author. > for reference, pr ports/168832 > > there is no LICENSE= in the Makefile, no LICENSE.txt in the > distribution, but it does have the attached in the main.c file. > > Q: should I ask him to select one of the standard FreeBSD/GPL > licenses (and edit his source )? Why would you try to pressure him into changing the license? As already pointed out, the license used is not a "custom" or "nonstandard" license, but even if it was I do not think the ports system needs to be in the business of deciding that some license that is not already well-represented in the ports system is not "good enough" on the basis of its relative lack of popularity alone. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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