From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Sep 16 06:01:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA07046 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 06:01:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from merit.edu (merit.edu [198.108.1.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA07034; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 06:01:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from web@merit.edu) Received: from ohm.merit.edu (ohm.merit.edu [198.108.60.65]) by merit.edu (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA03920; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 09:01:14 -0400 (EDT) From: William Bulley Received: (web@localhost) by ohm.merit.edu (8.6.9/8.6.5) id JAA06441; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 09:01:50 -0400 Message-Id: <199809161301.JAA06441@ohm.merit.edu> Subject: Re: merit radius detail files? To: andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm) Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 09:01:50 -0400 (EDT) Cc: mwlucas@exceptionet.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, torstenb@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980915222329.A19161@klemm.gtn.com> from "Andreas Klemm" at Sep 15, 98 10:23:29 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org According to Andreas Klemm: > > What about asking the port maintainer to update the port or even > better to send diffs after doing the update yourself ? 1) I don't know who the "port maintainer" is... 2) I'm not certain what "updating the port" means and if that would be considered (by the FreeBSD folks) as risking copyright issues and 3) there are no diffs, each release is self-contained and stands by itself, once we release, the old version is considered obsolete If there are no legal entanglements (I'm not a lawyer!), then I think having the FreeBSD "port" reference our FTP site would be fine. I think the only problem is in having the FreeBSD CD-ROM or ports collection also include (and hence distribute) our code. Regards, web... -- William Bulley Senior Systems Research Programmer Merit Network, Inc. Email: web@merit.edu 4251 Plymouth Road, Suite C Phone: (734) 764-9993 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-2785 Fax: (734) 647-3185 [ Reuters, London, February 29, 1998: Scientists have announced discovering ] [ a meteorite which will strike the earth in March, 2028. Millions of UNIX ] [ coders expressed relief for being spared the UNIX epoch "crisis" of 2038. ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message