From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 17 22:35:25 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 D02A61065672 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:35:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tingox@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 836C88FC1F for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:35:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vbbey12 with SMTP id ey12so2386084vbb.13 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:35:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=p4saksAmkHp7jGLkypW7SbYllNIlFqpwv4ggRlFledM=; b=EzEWdbxIREZso8JRFjTka0p4CDRgVpUrMqGAlRmyq5Di39PRfgUs6AiqOY0UC9Q0fe ceUVQq73WidmtdSBVsjWJiFQx5uS4GCBohR9E22AgZ1GKIEcST/0cd5LTJaQWoUp93IP r9Du8G3O/PbA8DquLxdql17dF50+/8vnvBrZM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.71.33 with SMTP id r1mr9305375vdu.113.1326839724725; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:35:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.52.187.137 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:35:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <201201162339.q0GNdG1V064832@anthesphoria.net> <4F1561FE.5080801@gmail.com> <4F15C010.6010707@FreeBSD.org> <20120117184322.GA19794@hemlock.hydra> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:35:24 +0100 Message-ID: From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: FreeBSD Ports ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 22:35:25 -0000 Hello, On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jan 2012, Chad Perrin 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. >> > > In my not-a-lawyer view, I wonder if it puts some responsibility for > accurately representing a license on FreeBSD and the ports system. "We > used this software because the FreeBSD ports system said the license was > compatible for our use. Now it turns out otherwise, and we have millions > in damages..." > > There's the potential for someone to intentionally put the wrong license > in a port to create such a situation. And to protect against that, will > committers have to verify the license? But surely this framework is for information purposes only? With standard disclaimers: "if you really want to be sure, please check the official source, things might have changed since the port was last updated" "buyer (or porst user) beware" Anything can go wrong, but it is (IMO) quite easy to state the intention of the FreeBSD Project in this case. But that requires that someone writes the chapter about this in the Porters Handbook... -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen