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Date:      Tue, 6 Feb 2018 22:32:46 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Dan Mahoney (Gushi)" <freebsd@gushi.org>
To:        Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Palemoon branding violation
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.20.1802062224110.3676@prime.gushi.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1802071405310.50080@aneurin.horsfall.org>
References:  <20180206222137.GA78935@skeletor.feld.me> <alpine.BSF.2.21.1802071405310.50080@aneurin.horsfall.org>

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On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Dave Horsfall wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Feb 2018, Mark Felder wrote:
>
>> Would you like us to delete our port of it now? I can arrange for that if 
>> you insist on not having proper ports of your software. At this point it 
>> might be easier to just add a clause to your license that prohibits 
>> non-Linux platforms.
>
> You're a lot politer than I would've been; then again, being an Aussie I tend 
> to be an outspoken bastard, and I would've told him to perform an 
> anatomically-impossible act.
>
> "You will" indeed...

Technically, he wasn't wrong.  Those lines were in fact removed as part of 
deleting the port :)

My $dayjob is with a company that makes open-source software which we 
redistribute under the MPL.  I've shared that link with our team as an 
example of the absolute wrong way to go about engaging with the community.

-Dan

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