From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 13:56:15 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C810E37B401 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:56:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wall.polstra.com (wall-gw.polstra.com [206.213.73.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EF8143F85 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:56:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from strings.polstra.com (strings.polstra.com [206.213.73.20]) by wall.polstra.com (8.12.3p2/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h6PKuCfK008758 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:56:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@strings.polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by strings.polstra.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h6PKuCto054017; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:56:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:56:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200307252056.h6PKuCto054017@strings.polstra.com> To: ports@freebsd.org From: John Polstra In-Reply-To: <20030725154057.GA46237@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> References: <20030725164430K.mnakata@ashura> <20030725154057.GA46237@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA X-Bogosity: No, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.500000, version=0.11.2 cc: gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov Subject: Re: URGENT: Remove tinker.tar.gz from FTP mirrors X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:56:16 -0000 In article <20030725154057.GA46237@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov>, Glenn Johnson wrote: > [Adding an appropriate subject line in the hopes that this will get > noticed and acted on.] > > On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 04:44:30PM +0900, NAKATA, Maho wrote: > > > Hi, members of portsmgr, thanks for your huge effort to maintain ports > > system. > > > > While I was processing biology/tinker pr, I noticed it was marked as > > RESTRICTED. I read lisence file in tinker, it is appropreate. > > > > However this file is available on ftp.freebsd.org! > > > > >From porter's handbook it reads: > > > > > 5.2.3 RESTRICTED > > > Set this variable if the application's license also forbids us from > > > mirroring the application's DISTFILES via FTP. Also set this if the > > > application's license has general restrictions on who may use it, > > > e.g. the application is for non-commercial use only. > > so that basically we cannot fetch from ftp.freebsd.org and its > > mirrors, however, i typed: > > > > % fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/tinker.tar.gz > > Receiving tinker.tar.gz (5658289 bytes): 100% (ETA 00:00) > > 5658289 bytes transferred in 33.7 seconds (164.07 kBps) > > > > I fetched successfully. I think it is wrong thing. From CVS logs, > > there is always `RESTRICTED' line, so that this situation seems to > > violate the tinker's license. I messed up since RESTRICTED is not > > seemed to be valid. > > > > Does anyone can remove this file from ftp.freebsd.org and its mirrors? > > As the former maintainer of this port I would like to stress how very > serious this matter is. The author of the port will be furious if he > found out his software was being distributed outside of his control. OK, I deleted the tarball from ftp-master. The removal should propagate to the other FTP sites eventually. Note, I have nothing to do with the FreeBSD FTP sites. There's no point in asking me how the file got there or complaining to me about it. John -- John Polstra John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Two buttocks cannot avoid friction." -- Malawi saying