From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Sep 3 11:39:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from jade.chc-chimes.com (jade.chc-chimes.com [216.28.46.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 298841510D for ; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:39:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billf@jade.chc-chimes.com) Received: by jade.chc-chimes.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 69B171C23; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 13:43:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jade.chc-chimes.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65E1A3815; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 13:43:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 13:43:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola To: Chuck Robey Cc: Kris Kennaway , brooks@one-eyed-alien.net, FreeBSD Ports Team Subject: Re: ports/13552: The gnuplot doesn't build with GIF support enabled In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > It is NOT illegal, and it IS the method that the gnuplot authors > themselves suggest. I like gnuplot, and gif is too popular an output > method for experienced gnuplot users, to just reject. Murdering users is a popular option commonly shared by sys admins, however like distributing software with copyright violations, it is illegal and has to be avoided. Just because the gnuplot authors really want something doesn't mean that we need to subject ourselves to problems. -- - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message