Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:32:44 -0200 From: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@FreeBSD.org> To: Koffie Yahoo <koffieyahoo@hotmail.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Missing packages Message-ID: <20031027123306.11958.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> In-Reply-To: <Law15-F99MRc4rHrLy000035b87@hotmail.com> References: <Law15-F99MRc4rHrLy000035b87@hotmail.com>
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--UugvWAfsgieZRqgk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 11:24:40AM +0100, Koffie Yahoo wrote: >=20 > >From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> > > > >On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:06:10AM +0100, Koffie Yahoo wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> At least two of the packages from 5.1-RELEASE/i386 are missing from th= e=20 > >ftp > >> server: > >> > >> category multimedia: win32-codecs-011002.2.0.90.p7 > >> category editors: xemacs-21.4.12 > > > >win32-codecs may not be redistributed for license reasons. >=20 > Shouldn't this be a reason to remove it from the ports collection? Not really. The ports collection does not exist exclusively for the purpose of generating packages. With non-redistributable licenses, it is still possible to build the port locally (i. e., in your own computer) even though you should not try to distribute generate packages or anything. For example, jdk 1.4. Therefore, the port exists to save anyone the time of figuring out how to build, install, deinstall some port. :) Regards, --=20 Mario S F Ferreira - DF - Brazil - "I guess this is a signature." FreeBSD Committer | FreeBSD-KDE Core Team | CS Developer feature, n: a documented bug | bug, n: an undocumented feature --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/nRCB99ikl0dk/7oRAgRFAKC3tPufgzdmS8ORdiutnF1Mmlk1VACeN+O5 Ocb/dMHHWRKz9HADZVUE4Kw= =LLTS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk--
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