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Date:      Sun, 17 Nov 2002 17:14:50 +1100
From:      Joshua Goodall <joshua@roughtrade.net>
To:        Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/45178: Maintainer update: net/spread
Message-ID:  <20021117061450.GS33758@roughtrade.net>
In-Reply-To: <20021117025832.GE50581@k7.mavetju>
References:  <200211162234.gAGMYV7s073002@freefall.freebsd.org> <20021117013054.GR33758@roughtrade.net> <20021117025832.GE50581@k7.mavetju>

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On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 01:58:32PM +1100, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
> The reason why I put it in was because there is no way I can download
> this file from the official site without having fill in a form.
> Although I understand your effort in making it downloadable via
> alternative channels (which makes it easier for automatic checking
> et al), I don't think it's fair to the original authors who wanted
> to have this limitation.

I'm not sure they're too sensitive about it.  I'd like to have
Spread continue to appear as a package, so I'll ask the authors
directly (they don't bite :)) if they're comfortable with external
distribution for our purposes (as their license implies).

cheers,
Joshua

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