From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 28 00:53:39 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B299DF4A for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 00:53:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qc0-x233.google.com (mail-qc0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7425A2ADA for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 00:53:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f179.google.com with SMTP id m15so203595qcq.10 for ; Sat, 27 Jul 2013 17:53:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=mcIASPJ2m5pvm4CxkQiXow5NRc+TkElQBP/VBSocRx0=; b=T4+jrc+ZkpLFepaorGAuAp4W8x1d9Ux3scv1FLCg0NaH7rUTExcY60/0gPMxVHhvwR KTV1tlx7jKr6feQwB6IS8+lgHPzaDbjHZWN0Xmw8kPQt6J4NVLZ8OFb/UJbHO5KrrhJS lL/4LKxmrPe7RfgnmFv7Yvjpni9j5tIhKAuBKfMEMRoRk6kvNRGU3T5pE/r/EdPHSi0S ba/Tk8iX9r7sOM2bTNMF3TDRC2iFTVbNuspkBoXYePZ48OiPdN5M0gix51Oocm8W5Eo4 XXIjz3zC1vIGlnGTI+FvgCHrYBJGv5EoGYpOWzO0GwhQIeU8bIZvOJGKEuvuIdlYbk4h aZhg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.160.130 with SMTP id n2mr27571295qax.68.1374972818185; Sat, 27 Jul 2013 17:53:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.49.135 with HTTP; Sat, 27 Jul 2013 17:53:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.49.135 with HTTP; Sat, 27 Jul 2013 17:53:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <001001ce8b29$63546b80$29fd4280$@catslair.org> References: <001001ce8b29$63546b80$29fd4280$@catslair.org> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 17:53:38 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Would software "for non-commercial use" be acceptable as a port? From: Freddie Cash To: Peter Looyenga Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 00:53:39 -0000 This is how DansGuardian works, and it's a part of the ports tree (www/dansguardian). The install points the user to the licensing page on the web. It's up to the user to decide if they're eligible for the non-com license. On 2013-07-27 5:37 PM, "Peter Looyenga" wrote: > Hi gang, > > I've been professionally using FreeBSD for quite some time now (my company > now uses 4 FreeBSD servers for web services) and during the implementation > period I've become quite fascinated with the ports system. And this evening > I suddenly had an idea, but I'm not too sure how feasible this idea is, so > I'm hoping some of you guys would be willing to give me some suggestions or > advice. > > I've been using a commercial software product for the past 4 years now; I > started using it on Linux and nowadays I use it on Windows. > > The company behind this product provides several editions of their product, > including a "community edition" which can be used free of charge but > non-commercial use only. It does have some functional limitations which, in > my opinion (but I am biased), aren't really intrusive. For example if you > print some output you'll get a watermark too. Stuff like that. > > Even so; I strongly support this software. Like I said before I've been > using it myself for the past 4 years (in all fairness: I got myself a > commercial license too, which wasn't too expensive in my opinion) and even > now I'm still quite passionate about this stuff. > > > Now; I read that the ports collection provides a /truly/ free environment > and doesn't shun entries which may not match the idea of free and/or open > source software. > > So my question should be obvious: Would I be right to assume that the > software product as I described it above could be a liable addition for the > ports collection, or is there something I'm overlooking? > > Needless to say I'm obviously contacting the company behind it as well, I > can say I'm in quite good terms with them, and nothing will be done without > their explicit permission. > > But before I start on such an endeavor I'd really appreciate if you guys > could confirm (or deny) if my plans are actually feasible? > > Am I right to conclude that the product, with the non-commercial clause I > described above, could be a candidate for the ports collection or would the > restriction be a huge obstacle? > > Thanks in advance for any comments, I'd really appreciate some advice > and/or > comments here. > > Kind regards, > > Peter > > -- > .\\ S/MIME public key: http://www.catslair.org/pubkey.crt > +- My semi-private Root CA: http://ssl.losoco.nl/losoco.crt > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >