Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:04:42 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Chad Perrin <code@apotheon.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding licensing info to my ports: some questions Message-ID: <CADLo838t7QHSN7gzLw7t39uDxSSrEWDihWM7fUxA8byPwH9M=w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120117184322.GA19794@hemlock.hydra> References: <201201162339.q0GNdG1V064832@anthesphoria.net> <CAF6rxg=N1OcJOyfg40K8FkuzbtmS8s_R8v7VCLOCapzfmWQAtQ@mail.gmail.com> <4F1561FE.5080801@gmail.com> <4F15C010.6010707@FreeBSD.org> <20120117184322.GA19794@hemlock.hydra>
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On 17 Jan 2012 18:43, "Chad Perrin" <code@apotheon.net> wrote: > > 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. Well... the author and maintainer of the code isn't around any more. Chris
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