From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 14 06:42:11 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8F9416A417 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:42:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx22.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5B8E813C478 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:42:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 12800 invoked by uid 399); 14 Sep 2007 06:42:09 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO slave.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTP; 14 Sep 2007 06:42:09 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:42:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Peter Jeremy In-Reply-To: <20070913072118.GB1179@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Message-ID: References: <20070913072118.GB1179@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! X-OpenPGP-Key-ID: 0xD5B2F0FB Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handing references to GPL within ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:42:11 -0000 On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Peter Jeremy wrote: > I'm working on a port for H-Inventory (a computer inventory/resource > management tool). By default, it installs a copy of the GPL. > According to the Porter's Handbook, a port should avoid installing > copies of the GPL. As a general rule that's true. However my suspicion is that if the thing goes to the trouble of not only installing the file but making it part of the documentation, you should just install it as is. Disk space is no longer at the kind of premium that it used to be, so one extra copy is not going to hurt anything, and erring on the side of caution for licensing issues is a Good Thing. FWIW, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection