From owner-svn-ports-all@freebsd.org Sun Sep 9 01:12:10 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EF7D1080700 for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2018 01:12:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adamw@adamw.org) Received: from mail-yb1-xb31.google.com (mail-yb1-xb31.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::b31]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9B3D67F890 for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2018 01:12:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adamw@adamw.org) Received: by mail-yb1-xb31.google.com with SMTP id e18-v6so6751831ybq.5 for ; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 18:12:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=adamw-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=cJgXVjQ2oXzUMgQZSBhkQhAWpUM54TvBYvLfvr+9+gA=; b=e6mgM3VxbNAC8XyWDzsa/B98ZqRgHmDReA0zLiaebE12+iCj+1DcKRR9hDnU2tdkR0 i64sugLAks/B6/fZJEHCtwHlHIdkhIH+4pCFrQb58x1Dmz5QEylDJW68lrbJhHDoGcaU 3DD5LB++xYE7IvALQk5OB12T4qvsnQl5Sq61gaUazM2N84n82L1Ssr6mbcjZnyzcpfdN sZb76eDC2pO2gLvOOatTS9uthQjlaHYrqfB+9bTXoOzkzMoiSMW7tksYRwz/ANirgWUL TzScSONIxIxVjwYgeFyC6JveKaT48k0Eu7CpGyCW3s+50u79ZZFRIkvg/eMTeIa8yJvX fAxQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=cJgXVjQ2oXzUMgQZSBhkQhAWpUM54TvBYvLfvr+9+gA=; b=dHd2DGZ8hMFjd6meTCKYofY6RGDqWEhQD8D+hu9nVCSgHyZ8yZSByEqEIbMOmmEWRA znyuEY1l6fWgS1x4XyyREPMc16Q28048x7R82rDgtyUJBPACRe0K4my4ej6LRj36EKmW 2ZkCfzsZJ7tAo3igOs4PZpRKHCHm9UtkOWmfxtPLn3hCf3NodUc+dPp4TrJX89eEDh8v 2FqPngjdX7DfAlbnHht/Xa7Xq9xHp3XZ2k6qtoNwc0GTgl882H/t7iHW137jiEg4yZ+g /5xDRw5n9QspwKhVIFd8WW3bIJV9ZIvOHcxEzA8wZeO5q32m1tixvpj2pVXUJq2kWsDx 97eg== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51BkoAIGq6DdD6hYI3sQlgDphRiUapCmC3SN0uRkAHMoMjO4UfES /rZ9s3iAyZ5kvkAURnE1N+hueSICgOZ4f8SrKd8/LHzzY5o= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0VdbVi5chGmoHx+MSV9qVqi+m/3hvnOo235rm1vPQXLoSHYmsqUzwDjRKhDaXExo5i0x6+HQ2obfFtvBPULd5LKw= X-Received: by 2002:a25:ef44:: with SMTP id w4-v6mr7423977ybm.417.1536455529016; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 18:12:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <201809082328.w88NSLVF073775@repo.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: From: Adam Weinberger Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 19:11:52 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r479263 - in head/science: . namd namd/files To: yuri@freebsd.org Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2018 01:12:10 -0000 On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 6:56 PM Yuri wrote: > > 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. I'm not sure that that's sufficient, because if they require registration to download the release versions of code as a bundle, then circumventing it from a public git server might not be sufficiently different. If you'd like to reach out to upstream and ask them whether it's permissible for FreeBSD to distribute a script to recreate released source code bundles without registration, then that would probably be the best way to protect ourselves. In the meantime though, the ports need to be removed until we're sure it's safe for us to have it. It's clear you put a lot of work into making those ports work, but we have to take the conservative path here, which unfortunately means removing the ports until we know it's safe. # Adam -- Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org https://www.adamw.org