Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:19:15 -0500 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Albert Shih <Albert.Shih@obspm.fr>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, ion-general@lists.berlios.de Subject: Re: ion windows manager on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20090930161915.GA18014@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <20090930110508.GA50565@hades.panopticon> References: <20090930100658.GA99090@obspm.fr> <20090930110508.GA50565@hades.panopticon>
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On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 03:05:08PM +0400, Dmitry Marakasov wrote: > I've seen the license change too. I'm working on the port currently. As a reminder, the last time this software was in the ports tree, the developer threatened us with a lawsuit. This repeats what he has previously done to several other BSDs and several Linux distributions. This is why ports for his software are no longer available for these platforms. Whether the license has changed or not, the fact that the author feels the desire to use lawsuits to achieve his goals makes his software too much of a liability for FreeBSD to redistribute. mcl
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