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Subject: Re: ftp/downloader license violation?
From: "R. Imura" <imura@cs.titech.ac.jp>
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> Please see the ftp/downloader port.
> 
> the LICENSE tells us:
> root:/usr/ports/ftp/downloader.old/work/nt-1.07.1 $ less LICENSE 
> This program is free sources but not GPL!!!!!
> You can't modify sources without agreement with autor 
> but can distribute unmodified sources.
> 
> As far as I understand thisssss. Hmm.
> 
> We _are_ modifying the sources with the patches in the
> patches-directory.
> 
> Including this port in the ports collection is the same as
> distributing modified source, I think.
> 
> So... is it ok to modfiy stuff or not?

In this case, the author of downloader knows about our patches.
(And I believe he doesn't reject them.)

See: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=15094 :)

Thanks.
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R. Imura


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