Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 17:56:15 -0700 From: Yuri <yuri@freebsd.org> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r479263 - in head/science: . namd namd/files Message-ID: <bf8482a4-65db-a501-1907-03e581bf8069@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAP7rwcgq5EpuEggex2vG369-0Cz4O9GbRPQNpbUUQ6VB15HH4Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <201809082328.w88NSLVF073775@repo.freebsd.org> <CAP7rwcgq5EpuEggex2vG369-0Cz4O9GbRPQNpbUUQ6VB15HH4Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On 9/8/18 5:15 PM, Adam Weinberger wrote: > Upstream requires that people register to download the software, and > the license seems to forbid any distribution on our part: > > "Licensee may redistribute without restriction works with up to 1/2 of > their non-comment source code derived from at most 1/10 of the > non-comment source code developed by Illinois and contained in the > Software" > "Licensee agrees to provide the Software only to any other person or > entity who has registered with Illinois" > "Commercial use of the Software, or derivative works based thereon, > REQUIRES A COMMERCIAL LICENSE." > > I don't think it's a good idea for this port to remain in the tree. Hi Adam, Thanks for pointing this out. Their license says that redistribution is allowed only to entities who have registered with Illinois. But their website also directs people to the source code without registration. Their git server is open, and build instructions are provided in open access: https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/namd/2.12/notes.html#compiling (no need to register or click "Ok"). The existence of a port doesn't imply redistribution. The appropriate remedy may be to change license for local build only: LICENSE_PERMS=no-auto-accept no-dist-mirror no-pkg-mirror If people build locally, this isn't technically a redistribution. Such port is a mere reinterpretation of their instructions that are in open access and don't require registration or accepting a license. Regards, Yuri
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