From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 18 08:45:46 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02944106564A for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:45:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tingox@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A30908FC14 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:45:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vbbey12 with SMTP id ey12so2826616vbb.13 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:45:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=apag3Vf+2tXxBwXtPN1Z1JuG9ehUwIsG3aFitFKXDKc=; b=VVUpiGAhFJnoM4aFIHREih0lOTbL5ZRlf0OmmGwkhuRtLBMC8n4Ge67cqyPHOZ6cFG BcbANRVmyLelUwFXPcYVgfG+3dE6tbjN/VHKltJPMTt1gfuNXgKCThP796KtjcNzqMT3 LJs5XVdeLPvJ+9Jiw52f/ntvHJSE8yMaqOcf8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.29.7 with SMTP id f7mr9968873vdh.130.1326876344924; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:45:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.52.187.137 with HTTP; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:45:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F1600AD.5070105@FreeBSD.org> References: <201201162339.q0GNdG1V064832@anthesphoria.net> <4F1561FE.5080801@gmail.com> <4F15C010.6010707@FreeBSD.org> <20120117184322.GA19794@hemlock.hydra> <4F1600AD.5070105@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:45:44 +0100 Message-ID: From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: Doug Barton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML Subject: Re: Adding licensing info to my ports: some questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:45:46 -0000 Hi, On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 01/17/2012 14:35, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > > Anything can go wrong, but it is (IMO) quite easy to state the intention > of > > the FreeBSD Project in this case. > > You're making the very common mistake of assuming that the law has > anything to do with reality. It doesn't. The fact that we're making > claims about legal issues opens the project up to a wide array of hairy > liability problems. It doesn't matter how baseless the lawsuit is, > sometimes just filing the suit creates enough damage to kill the thing > sued. > > No, I'm aware that in some parts of the world, law practice is far away from the intention of the law. Luckily, it isn't that bad all over the world, not yet anyway. However, I think that anyone who tries to _do_ something should have the courage / balls / whatever to stand up and try to make the best he or she can, with the means available. Otherwise, we could all just go and hide under a stone, and nothing would be done. Now, can we get back to our regular schedule, please? -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen