From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 27 14:35:56 2008 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 4B9D01065672 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:35:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D60AC8FC15 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:35:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id y2so376775uge.37 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:35:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=aGQr+/ZAUDllSIrnci2TnGiApxugyOB6MDzMNBXhIrc=; b=O//S2XrqchpRYRI4PTZ2h4vbDYhIhp9X3NLCkInykicBfE6h9W+ocIbDPcSLAR8nnjAtdKWMye3rOLCgib93XY51wO20oj9g3FM0Szr3aa/XU4sqRykjOHmfV4Z60Tew726uh7mOzc5nOWBw2GaZN6iWwYmn8ZMU2QhkoGTnyWY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=xpvpi43p1m1H18ahO7gOEqIDC8pQZfd8XnVk4mtMEthloMDTX5Dw9ZoYBktQMKoT3gld258B3nFMsCa7/q50jkCsA9o8OdgjDIbvrPeX2jVqa40a4o2qNJJ0KwE6ThfinTt00WdruXDkn/XkXJD1afsGTSJjR0ucOF17HeBQ5XY= Received: by 10.67.115.1 with SMTP id s1mr1076250ugm.74.1204121196307; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:06:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.67.30.5 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:06:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:06:36 -0300 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: "FreeBSD Ports List" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <868x19i6ky.fsf@ds4.des.no> <867igrst0g.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080226144203.GC30778@heechee.tobez.org> <86mypnrary.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080226161635.GE30778@heechee.tobez.org> <86ejayr969.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080227104057.GA26979@heechee.tobez.org> <86oda2pput.fsf@ds4.des.no> <001201c8793c$19480c90$6300000a@pi> Subject: Re: Copyrights in man pages (GD lib) 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, 27 Feb 2008 14:35:56 -0000 On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:27 AM, GP wrote: > I have noted that there aren't many (if any) copyrights in FreeBSD manpages. > I appreciate that. But GDlib has the following text in its license > > "Permission has been granted to copy, distribute and modify gd in > any context without fee, including a commercial application, > provided that this notice is present in user-accessible supporting > documentation." This requirement is fulfilled by installing GD's original documentation at /usr/local/share/doc/gd/index.html > The software I port only have a man page as user documentation. > Dose that mean that I have to put all the boring copyright stuff in the > bottom of the man page? Or is it considered fulfilled with a LICENSE file in > the source dir? Any other options? Yes, you must provide a copyright statement. From a legal point of view it would be risky for the port maintainer to provide his/her own version or interpretation of such copyright. > How is "user-accessible" usually interpreted in this case? It is interpreted as "available in a known place where users can find it easyly". -- Carlos A. M. dos Santos