From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 15 02:03:13 2010 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 B92141065677 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:03:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pgollucci@p6m7g8.com) Received: from cell.p6m7g8.net (static-71-178-236-107.washdc.fios.verizon.net [71.178.236.107]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7716D8FC13 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:03:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from philip.hq.rws (wsip-174-79-184-239.dc.dc.cox.net [174.79.184.239]) (authenticated bits=0) by cell.p6m7g8.net (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o5F238SF043991 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:03:08 GMT (envelope-from pgollucci@p6m7g8.com) Message-ID: <4C16DF5C.60200@p6m7g8.com> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:03:08 +0000 From: "Philip M. Gollucci" Organization: P6M7G8 Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100607 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: marco.broeder@gmx.eu References: <201006150247.20325.marco.broeder@gmx.eu> In-Reply-To: <201006150247.20325.marco.broeder@gmx.eu> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RDNS_DYNAMIC, TO_NO_BRKTS_DYNIP autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on cell.p6m7g8.net Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: License Framework: Develop Best Practices 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: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:03:13 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/15/10 00:46, Marco Bröder wrote: > I find it especially important to have a expression for 'version X or any > later version' (for example 'LGPLv2+'), since the following dummy example is > not adequate: A very good idea, but not neccessarily the best one. Future versions of licenses are not always backwards compatible? Its GPLv2 vs GPLv3 one such example ? - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1024D/DB9B8C1C B90B FBC3 A3A1 C71A 8E70 3F8C 75B8 8FFB DB9B 8C1C Philip M. Gollucci (pgollucci@p6m7g8.com) c: 703.336.9354 VP Apache Infrastructure; Member, Apache Software Foundation Committer, FreeBSD Foundation Consultant, P6M7G8 Inc. Sr. System Admin, Ridecharge Inc. Work like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt, and dance like nobody's watching. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFMFt9cdbiP+9ubjBwRAh4lAJ0Q732fnO24FCQJ4SoIcw2821uG8QCfXIMw VLSmTKbKOXfNmjvExpsipYs= =9yoD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----