Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 06:27:15 -0500 From: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Ports List <ports@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Port Mgr <portmgr@FreeBSD.org>, eivind@FreeBSD.org, Anders Nor Berle <debolaz@debolaz.com>, Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> Subject: Re: ports/36433: new port: microsoft sscli Message-ID: <20020330112715.GA96547@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> In-Reply-To: <1017484309.27979.30.camel@notebook> References: <B8CA830D.B2E0%ade@FreeBSD.org> <1017475582.27979.28.camel@notebook> <20020330082700.GA64622@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <1017484309.27979.30.camel@notebook>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 12:34:41PM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote: >On Sat, 2002-03-30 at 10:27, Alan Eldridge wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 10:06:30AM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote: >> >On Sat, 2002-03-30 at 04:46, Ade Lovett wrote: >> >> On 03/29/02 15:03, "Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira" <lioux@FreeBSD.org> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Something like that. I just thought of this. Any of you >> >> > guys with legalese expertise can help? >> >> >> >> Having looked at the documents in question, and running a couple by our >> >> legal people here (for the mere price of a lunch), I cannot strongly >> >> recommend enough that this PR be closed with utmost prejudice and the port >> >> NEVER added. At all. >> >> >> >> This is just one huge big hole saying "sue me". Really. >> > >> >Ooh, sorry folks, I committed my own version of the port (I was working >> >on it during the past three days) before reading my e-mail. If there is >> >no objections I'd be glad to merge my version with one from 36433. >> >> This is a joke, right? > >Nope - see ports/lang/cli. No PR? No announcement? No discussion of whether it should be there at all? I really think that it should not have been quietly snuck into the ports tree without anyone at all knowing it was happening. At the very least, I think you should disable fetching (the way the jdk ports do). If it can be automatically fetched you are placing people at legal risk, possibly without their knowledge. I'm sure M$ keeps track of every IP address that downloads that source tarball. IMO it would be even better if it was removed until it is officially cleared to be there, if it's deemed safe[1]. Note: [1] Running over a minefield is "safe", for certain values of "safe". -- AlanE "Fine. Get your money." -- Micro$oft's Craig Mundie, responding to comment about the cost of defending against patent infringment claims. http://linux.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/linux/2001/08/09/oscon_panel.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20020330112715.GA96547>