Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 13:24:24 -0500 From: Constantine <cnst@rbcmail.ru> To: Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port restrictions: Redistribution for profit is not permitted. Message-ID: <40267ED8.4010008@rbcmail.ru> In-Reply-To: <20040208000432.3678222e.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> References: <40256BFB.5040204@rbcmail.ru> <20040208000432.3678222e.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org>
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On 2004-02-07 18:04, Clement Laforet wrote:
>On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 17:51:39 -0500
>Constantine <cnst@rbcmail.ru> wrote:
>
>Hi !
>
>
>>As a university student, I am considering to be a FreeBSD maintainer of
>>some programming language developed by my professor. He has certain
>>restrictions on his work --- "Redistribution for profit is not
>>permitted." --- he does not want anyone to be able to change a few lines
>>in his code and sale it for profit. :-)
>>
>>
>
>According to ${PORTSDIR}/Mk/bsd.port.mk
># RESTRICTED - Prevent the distribution of distfiles and packages to
># the FTP sites or on CDROM (e.g. forbidden by license
># considerations).
>
>
Is there any way to keep the original licence ("Redistribution for
profit is not permitted."), but still include the software on the discs
and ftp? Otherwise, there is really no reason to create this port...
Cheers,
Constantine.
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