Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 10:19:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Masafumi NAKANE/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQ2Y6LDJtSjgbKEI=?= <max@wide.ad.jp> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Q] Copyright on patches in the ports Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.961011101641.22285B-100000@ginger.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199610111049.TAA02981@bourbon.sfc.wide.ad.jp>
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On Fri, 11 Oct 1996, Masafumi NAKANE/[ISO-2022-JP] 中根雅文 wrote: > Hi, > > Recently, I've received several queries about patches in the FreeBSD > ports collection. All the queries are to ask if it's ok to integrate > the patches into the original archive, or into some other localization > patch. > > For patches I made, I can say ``yeah, go ahead.'' without hesitation. > But I'm not sure about patches made by other people, or patches I made > based on other people's patch (which is also in the ports collection). > > Can we consider the patches as they are in public domain? Or is there > any standard copyright applies to those files? Or is it different for > each separte file (or for each port?) When I have a particularly hard time adapting a port to FreeBSD, I often get in touch with the authors, and tell them the changes I had to make, so that they can decide it they want to incorporate any of the mods back into their ports. ports are public, I don't see why you couldn't send any or all to anyone you like. > > Thanks. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Masafumi NAKANE, Keio Univ., Dept. of Environmental Information > E-Mail : max@wide.ad.jp / max@FreeBSD.ORG > [URL] : http://www.sfc.wide.ad.jp/~max/ > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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