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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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