Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 11:35:37 -0700 From: Max Khon <fjoe@freebsd.org> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports policy Message-ID: <20011009113537.A67160@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200110091356.f99DuAF40284@vega.vega.com>; from sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 04:54:50PM %2B0300 References: <20011009063033.A45996@hub.freebsd.org> <200110091356.f99DuAF40284@vega.vega.com>
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hi, there! On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 04:54:50PM +0300, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > I would like to add FreeBSD native Oracle OCI libraries to ports/ collection > > (e.g. for DBD::Oracle etc.) but I do not know where they were taken from and > > whether it is legal to distribute them. > > What is the policy WRT such ports? > > In general you should try to be at the safe side - i.e. avoid adding > things with unknown origin and license terms. It is why we have > ports/LEGAL file in the first place. There are two main goals: > > 1. User should know when he/she installs software with restrictive > license to be able to act accordingly; > > 2. commercial distributors of the value-added products (e.g. FreeBSD > CD sets, etc) should have a way to distinguish packages that could > be legally redistributed for a fee from those that could not. > > I would suggest you to clarify license terms for the above mentioned > software and only then add it into collection. I wonder whom should I contact about this stuff? Oracle? Seems that they never released this beast. /fjoe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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