From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 17 07:14:51 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 841E8106567F for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:14:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erwin@mail.droso.net) Received: from mail.droso.net (koala.droso.net [IPv6:2001:6c8:130:400::6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A25FD8FC20 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:14:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.droso.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D11991CC7A; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:14:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:14:48 +0200 From: Erwin Lansing To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100617071448.GY76036@droso.net> References: <4C1729E1.60000@infracaninophile.co.uk> <1276710494.20002.1.camel@vcampaign> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Y+Z5jE7Arku/2GrR" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1276710494.20002.1.camel@vcampaign> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD/i386 7.2-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:14:51 -0000 --Y+Z5jE7Arku/2GrR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:48:14AM -0700, Micheas Herman wrote: > >=20 > > I don't think the FreeBSD project could afford to have this license > > cataloging scheme regularly inspected by appropriate legal counsel for > > each of the various different jurisdictions around the world and for > > them to approve it as accurate and legally watertight. >=20 > I think that FreeBSD should piggy back on the OSI and just list > the following licenses: > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical plus "other". Using the list from OSI or NetBSD or similar would be a good way do an initial population of the file. > =20 > This could be a filter of sorts for those that want it. IANAL > but just listing the license should not be more or less risky > for the project than distributing the source code, and it might > even reduce the risk of distributing pre compiled binaries as > there is at least a good faith effort to comply with the > license(s) and make it easy for the end user to be aware of the > license(s) of the code. >=20 We already have a mechanism to prevent distribution distfiles and packages on our mirrors with the current NO_CDROM, RESTRICTED and NO_PACKAGE flags. The license framework is ment to make these more finegrained and give endusers a better handle to avoid using specific licenses. As you say, this does not change that it will be done on a best effort basis, which may, or may not, be good enough for your specific use case, but it does provide better control. -erwin --=20 Erwin Lansing http://droso.org Prediction is very difficult especially about the future erwin@FreeBSD.org --Y+Z5jE7Arku/2GrR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iD4DBQFMGctoqy9aWxUlaZARAmhpAKDcGld8fD+iK2nQnrtO0ZQKxcdtggCWNt7B L7+Tpz4kXzzUmgfooOfaDA== =sgjd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Y+Z5jE7Arku/2GrR--