From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Wed Apr 26 04:08:21 2017 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 B85FAD50A78 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2017 04:08:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dewaynegeraghty@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x229.google.com (mail-io0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::229]) (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 869B5A33 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2017 04:08:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dewaynegeraghty@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x229.google.com with SMTP id r16so222832268ioi.2 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:08:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=ZNN4OdfLv5mH9bVhup6A/RikNST3N/wnknRDgT67S7k=; b=EdZZSuq3XPTzkktuWL/paHhfS2+yJzUit/HtOk27we/GPaV1E5h2J7trq4VWu8dx6L cR3dwxF23zGEgJpzgs6Pulx8njEkzTu/4Jd6QMraV0bFqOPvU5YCaNyW4qD5z7B+08vV wNjpVCJZ8bcHQMGf/2S9NKrpglgmziilMWz2OpyS01NCCupB9H/g+gxXPC+tcwxRMOgE N+gX6WCRRuJj1jSd6mQRFnT6CBhEuAABQxbqJ5HUOU0gEYJt4fvVNPsORkpch7JlvuL+ ZnphY88QbYK8oV71XI1YC0C8DdAhXeA44FYRzqfErt0cHRcK/F6jadmqCxLrQrQaGJOS wlng== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=ZNN4OdfLv5mH9bVhup6A/RikNST3N/wnknRDgT67S7k=; b=TFI1QJOmSioI4sRMj1TswbnZiGkSDN5MFlp2pLGJFGTPKTpCjXYR+ybVWv1Mpq4J98 1PtoyJcoSzG7HLOAKi7jQ183jcSCFrhR0FyuVLs1RNY/zhQnvYXlh6uME9zz7y9tr69v 4+PAN4aTMLRZruRKuD9y5gxz1D/MB+yLLdoBBKKqyNrPCYh1Z5RqsUnvMeoGfRfqGP2Z jNsuMiiEiY9IkyYVA1Z6mIF+LoPai94RY5vm1fJM0WX34omRNF+ZyD7b9TS/wm7R1cEa PkVrhbmrXYld9WyH1NVhfp8okJIpn5HXTGtlVzKVdsueviNYtygG+SPLnAUkLLCSupGi pKZQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AN3rC/6dEqoLqP4VvHeQ0sf9aMGRDQsCEwol49LccNOLxSFUixWxKfbc 1vLXWkY6HdffRkiw/C+2wsbkfWZ69Xli X-Received: by 10.107.138.9 with SMTP id m9mr20741089iod.80.1493179700820; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:08:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.79.209.47 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:07:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Dewayne Geraghty Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 14:07:50 +1000 Message-ID: Subject: Licence practice for dependencies - making use of more restrictive licences optional To: ports-list freebsd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 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, 26 Apr 2017 04:08:21 -0000 The recent change to https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/dns/opendnssec13/ Makefile?view=markup&pathrev=439426 which uses BSD3Clause, while gnugrep uses GPLv3+; reminded me of a customer's requirement to remove GPLv3 code from a device they needed. While attempting to satisfy a particular customer's requirement, it became apparent that I was also seeking compliance with the author's intent of using a less restrictive licence; yet it seems that some port maintainers/committers are unintentionally restricting the software by adding dependencies that add these restrictive licences/practises. It would be better if such restrictions were optional, rather than mandatory as this opendnssec example, perhaps something similar to what is done in security/krb5-115 could be adopted as part of Standard Operating Practices (port maintainers guide?) For my client? A few scripts and a quick (recursive) search for GPL against their requirements list revealed the easy low-hanging fruit of replacing readline by libedit (in some cases removing both); and moving what used GPL source into a separate jail sufficed. Regards, Dewayne