Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 20:27:05 +0300 From: Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru> To: Antoine Brodin <antoine@FreeBSD.org>, portmgr@FreeBSD.org Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r471837 - head/science/szip Message-ID: <20180720172705.GN7353@hades.panopticon> In-Reply-To: <20180702170621.GC7353@hades.panopticon> References: <201806061213.w56CDJdK068822@repo.freebsd.org> <20180702170621.GC7353@hades.panopticon>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
* Dmitry Marakasov (amdmi3@amdmi3.ru) wrote: I feel like by comment has been ignored. Let me repeat, we have legal issue here, as szip license explicitly prohibits certain software uses. I don't feel this can be considered auto-acceptable, and the problems with dependent ports are not an excuse. Some of them have szip support optional, and it probably should be disabled by default. > > Author: antoine > > Date: Wed Jun 6 12:13:19 2018 > > New Revision: 471837 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/471837 > > > > Log: > > Auto-accept SZIP license, otherwise hundreds of ports are skipped > > Please consider reverting this, you can't just mark it auto-accept > for convenience. > > The license is pretty clean in its restrictiveness, and ignoring it > has possible legal implications for FreeBSD projects and its users. > > Many szip consumers have szip support optional, and it may be set to > disabled by default to fix package build skips. > > --- COPYING begins here --- > > SZIP Copyright and License Notice > > The SZIP Science Data Lossless Compression Program is Copyright (C) 2001 > Science & Technology Corporation @ UNM. All rights released. > > Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Lowell H. Miles and Jack A. Venbrux. > Licensed to ICs, LLC, for distribution by the University of Illinois' > National Center for Supercomputing Applications as a part of the > HDF data storage and retrieval file format and software library > products package. All rights reserved. Do not modify or use for other > purposes. > > SZIP implements an extended Rice adaptive lossless compression algorithm > for sample data. The primary algorithm was developed by R. F. Rice at > Jet Propulsion Laboratory. > > SZIP embodies certain inventions patented by the National Aeronautics & > Space Administration. United States Patent Nos. 5,448,642, 5,687,255, > and 5,822,457 have been licensed to ICs, LLC, for distribution with the > HDF data storage and retrieval file format and software library products. > All rights reserved. > > Revocable (in the event of breach by the user or if required by law), > royalty-free, nonexclusive sublicense to use SZIP decompression software > routines and underlying patents is hereby granted by ICs, LLC, to all users > of and in conjunction with HDF data storage and retrieval file format and > software library products. > > Revocable (in the event of breach by the user or if required by law), > royalty-free, nonexclusive sublicense to use SZIP compression software > routines and underlying patents for non-commercial, scientific use only > is hereby granted by ICs, LLC, to users of and in conjunction with HDF > data storage and retrieval file format and software library products. > > For commercial use license to SZIP compression software routines and > underlying patents, please contact ICs, LLC, at > Address: ICs, LLC, 2040 Warren Wagon Road, P.O. Box 2236 > McCall, ID 83638 > Phone: (208) 315-2877. Fax: (208) 634-7720. > Email: support@ics4chips.com > > --- COPYING ends here --- > > > Modified: > > head/science/szip/Makefile > > > > Modified: head/science/szip/Makefile > > ============================================================================== > > --- head/science/szip/Makefile Wed Jun 6 11:49:55 2018 (r471836) > > +++ head/science/szip/Makefile Wed Jun 6 12:13:19 2018 (r471837) > > @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ COMMENT= Lossless compression library for scientific d > > LICENSE= SZIP > > LICENSE_NAME= SZIP License > > LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING > > -LICENSE_PERMS= dist-mirror no-dist-sell pkg-mirror no-pkg-sell no-auto-accept > > +LICENSE_PERMS= dist-mirror no-dist-sell pkg-mirror no-pkg-sell auto-accept > > > > CONFLICTS_INSTALL= libaec -- Dmitry Marakasov . 55B5 0596 FF1E 8D84 5F56 9510 D35A 80DD F9D2 F77D amdmi3@amdmi3.ru ..: https://github.com/AMDmi3
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20180720172705.GN7353>