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From: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: ports/89275: [New ports] devel/mimir, lang/elan - Elan
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The following reply was made to PR ports/89275; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org>
To: Ed Schouten <ed@fxq.nl>
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Subject: Re: ports/89275: [New ports] devel/mimir, lang/elan - Elan
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Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:58:43 +0100

 > * Ed Schouten <ed@fxq.nl> wrote:
 > > I guess we should change this PR's state to 'feedback' then; I'll
 > > contact Marc. Maybe he can poke the website maintainer to add more
 > > accurate info about its license.
 > 
 > I spoke to Marc yesterday. He told me that they are considering BSD or
 > GPL licensing it, but still restricting its commericial use.
 > 
 > Quite odd if you ask me; don't the BSD and GPL license state who might
 > and who might not use the product? Would that mean I could release a
 > product as GPL and say "only three legged people may use it" and still
 > conform to the GPL?
 
 No, this is not possible with either of the two licenses. As long as the
 author clearly states that the software is free for non-commecial use
 the port can be added with a remark in ports/LEGAL. 
 
 Emanuel
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