From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 17 18:43:24 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21939106564A for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:43:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from code@apotheon.net) Received: from oproxy7-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy7.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DAB768FC0A for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:43:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 32029 invoked by uid 0); 17 Jan 2012 18:43:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy7.bluehost.com with SMTP; 17 Jan 2012 18:43:23 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.net; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=TvsfrW1vyAGy8diW9vuU1slCNf7ZTZoQ0YwB0R9snWM=; b=VQJCWX1k0iCqN3L9MnXKIXUkkSl+KzYZoI88dQc5LJ31fpDI00iiLBCByT70BDJRiUTuTVZDT9pK5yLRK+0rRT5R2JT35qM4+OFIe1UqGyJd83tQtF3rsYdV94bzXAe2; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RnE0A-0006dZ-Cy for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:43:22 -0700 Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:43:22 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120117184322.GA19794@hemlock.hydra> References: <201201162339.q0GNdG1V064832@anthesphoria.net> <4F1561FE.5080801@gmail.com> <4F15C010.6010707@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F15C010.6010707@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.net} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with code@apotheon.net} Subject: Re: Adding licensing info to my ports: some questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:43:24 -0000 On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:38:08AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > On 01/17/2012 03:56, Vitaly Magerya wrote: > > Eitan Adler wrote: > >>> 1) Will licensing section ever appear in the Porters Handbook? :-) > >> > >> Yes > > > > Is someone actually working on it? If so, and is there some sort of > > target timeline? > > > > Back in 2010 when the framework was introduced, my general impression > > was that maintainers where advised to wait with the adoption until that > > chapter is written... > > Personally I think we should scrap the whole thing. It is an interesting > idea, but the implementation has never fleshed out. It's also completely > unclear what any of it means from an actual legal standpoint, and > personally I'm not convinced that we aren't making things worse for the > project by doing this. How? I don't see the problem that makes things worse, I guess. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]