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Date:      Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:29:02 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need a little assistance porting 'boggle' from NetBSD
Message-ID:  <20041228212902.GA78736@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20041228211343.GV1757@zen.rupture.net>
References:  <20041228200009.GT1757@zen.rupture.net> <20041228205708.GB63062@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041228211343.GV1757@zen.rupture.net>

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On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 04:13:43PM -0500, Jon Nathan wrote:

> > ISTR that a long time ago FreeBSD received a request to remove this
> > from /usr/ports/games by the owner of the Boggle trademark, which is
> > why you don't see it here any more.  We shouldn't add it back in ports
> > if so.
> >=20
> > Kris
>=20
> That's a shame.  In any case, I received help off-list and fixed the
> problem.  I guess I'll keep the port to myself.  I wonder how NetBSD
> gets away with it.

It was probably just a random spree by a lawyer who had just
discovered search engines, but before the days of google :-)

We shouldn't tempt fate though.

Kris

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