From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 19 11:47:00 2010 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 CB2211065672 for ; Wed, 19 May 2010 11:47:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vmagerya@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FE3A8FC0C for ; Wed, 19 May 2010 11:46:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm4 with SMTP id 4so919035fxm.13 for ; Wed, 19 May 2010 04:46:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=OCzoAo1d/EvzCo/IvqMdqo8jjaTyF0X6trwLp2s49ss=; b=L5BTZ9NO1LiDNRIDQJwAef1k2Vf3GBRY+RdF01rQZdMgT41rNign6zti4QjDlGKyY/ Zz+QVmI0kyjiCrWmxlM+QtSYTsrxCMQJmFibIv4okMIOg9XLNQFf6MirZQQHwS0Xxp1h WV832kZlYSX0doqcY2xgy7JzyPk6JMGMCM6uU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=F0/rSBn3WVtaiDcvRaBHZq7pfhKGVIclozmgrXgYg4E4fCxthBxu5rcO+d9U3lCK6a 82ygskWX7nZOag6y7V73ZIpy51EkjVUdZJC1Zs5fBrh1zcBovrhxOoW7P5TEOiimNrD5 9b5COohJbyn67soSDc86nzwTTVoWUCh/y0O08= Received: by 10.223.144.77 with SMTP id y13mr127410fau.86.1274269618911; Wed, 19 May 2010 04:46:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.57] (altimet-gw.cs2.dp.wnet.ua [217.20.178.249]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm35678902far.18.2010.05.19.04.46.58 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 19 May 2010 04:46:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4BF3D108.3050101@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 14:52:40 +0300 From: Vitaly Magerya User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk References: <20100518224102.GH326@comcast.net> <4BF3995D.3070608@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPLv3-licensed ports 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: Wed, 19 May 2010 11:47:00 -0000 Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: >> I don't understand the purpose of that list though. What does "legal >> decisions regarding the use of GPLv3 in our ports system" mean? > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html : > ( BSD License is NOT compatible to GPL v3 ... , please see figure , if I > understand it correctly . ) No, 3-clause BSD license is compatible with GPLv3 [1] (you can follow multiple arrows on that figure). You can combine BSD-licensed code with GPLv3-licensed code and either use it privately or redistribute it under GPLv3. Pretty much the same as with GPLv2. This actually implies that the packages and possibly the patches in GPL ports are covered by GPL too... hence the "legal decision" I guess. OK. [1] 4-clause BSD is incompatible with both GPLv2 and GPLv3.