From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Wed Sep 14 08:54:04 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B6F4BDA74F for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:54:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vmagerya@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78836C05 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:54:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vmagerya@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 74450BDA74E; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:54:04 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73EEFBDA74D for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:54:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vmagerya@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lf0-x233.google.com (mail-lf0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9D21C04 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:54:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vmagerya@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lf0-x233.google.com with SMTP id u14so5093367lfd.1 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 01:54:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:cc:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Ep4R14kxT/3gQw4zjVf0Gle7V9YB0OPi5uhQyKeq/OY=; b=hHS3Qw0zlaHfCG+3ix/lwbSxlW52DzEftn9/q2rVaP3yFn8Mz8L+G2KRe+u5jXlUPd 13siyJsshOYg48aKGTnyPsVVT/ueDpiRisHadOwau8AFX9FNbQz/cOGng4FgwaFOSSq8 CqaNu5o1wJ0RCHR3p3bJaqecdy1TraMTttI8HJcGAO6cC++GPQij5i7sVcIxfQ5KR7nu cUzD2AKOYSwIQ5lKO6oFwG1ioedHOQNTDKp3EINmLv3sacpFpyTvQETkbg2MwPNSkoDY Q9fe3T1cDs/Oep8wWPR8f1fiE038HCL8irZbymjV3rbKY7HK+X71h+TsJL/arHmcdxRA GmWw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:cc:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Ep4R14kxT/3gQw4zjVf0Gle7V9YB0OPi5uhQyKeq/OY=; b=aXc5kkHMDJzY1CfK+39KzZ+58h/G+UR5ICDgxbO0fHI5AySdvlfrdjEG6dtdAv5L2T eaAWxz0lRJTwGVDwpftOcKXfY0wsfjf73j0Rw/edm/AL31Z2k950z25lufTXnSgP9CPe BZGR2qgOmb/O4CDth/6xqejFBGSxRdTXMvzSiFDe2lq+nZSYecddUt+OLqmGMCRKqKWo uPPxClsC4a8r458U5GkEIol7b5CJ4EovU/kR73/0NEOIdirR+8DnXHFRUVLm5h57I0Jj o2l3WGz0XcWs13nMajOSoqc36KG8L0Q/RSysCayku4GojPGxMV/Or5Q3Dmm2VS4gLm5s 6uKw== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwP5anOHbvKOug/orGrc6jspjcyv/yHWneVuzjFtaMwRWUpV0exts+Pne0lmFSGR1Q== X-Received: by 10.25.27.139 with SMTP id b133mr564372lfb.157.1473843242084; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 01:54:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.29.2.94] (altimet-gw.cs2.dp.wnet.ua. [217.20.178.249]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id 137sm1851344ljj.47.2016.09.14.01.54.01 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 14 Sep 2016 01:54:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: LICENSE documentation To: Kurt Jaeger References: <20160914081915.72e9cf14@raksha.tavi.co.uk> <9d155596-2137-c385-e557-32431e88c0f8@gmail.com> <20160914084935.GL85563@home.opsec.eu> Cc: Bob Eager , ports@freeBSD.org From: Vitaly Magerya Message-ID: Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:53:59 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160914084935.GL85563@home.opsec.eu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:54:04 -0000 On 2016-09-14 11:49, Kurt Jaeger wrote: >> My interpretation of this phrase is not that LICENSE variable is >> mandatory (to which I would object on the basis that ports licensing >> framework is vague, incomplete, and apparently used by noone too), but >> rather that for the program to be freely distributable at all, it's >> author(s) need to explicitly give their permission. That permission is >> the license. If no license statement can be found in the sources or the >> website, then no permission is given, and it's technically illegal for >> anyone but the author(s) to use the software. > > This interpretation is based on the hypothesis > that the user is located in a country that has this kind of legal rule. > > This is not the case in every country, so your conclusion is not > always valid. That's true. Still, the inclusion of the program in ports collection depends on author(s) giving their permission, otherwise users in majority of countries FreeBSD is used in will be disqualified from using it -- and FreeBSD would probably be liable for copyright infringement too.