Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:13:49 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Adding licensing info to my ports: some questions Message-ID: <4F1600AD.5070105@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAJ_iqtZY0zHHAG3-y=9Xsbsb-szpio5Hh277X4coGxqcqvpsLg@mail.gmail.com> References: <201201162339.q0GNdG1V064832@anthesphoria.net> <CAF6rxg=N1OcJOyfg40K8FkuzbtmS8s_R8v7VCLOCapzfmWQAtQ@mail.gmail.com> <4F1561FE.5080801@gmail.com> <4F15C010.6010707@FreeBSD.org> <20120117184322.GA19794@hemlock.hydra> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201171240490.27688@wonkity.com> <CAJ_iqtZY0zHHAG3-y=9Xsbsb-szpio5Hh277X4coGxqcqvpsLg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/17/2012 14:35, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
> Anything can go wrong, but it is (IMO) quite easy to state the intention of
> the FreeBSD Project in this case.
You're making the very common mistake of assuming that the law has
anything to do with reality. It doesn't. The fact that we're making
claims about legal issues opens the project up to a wide array of hairy
liability problems. It doesn't matter how baseless the lawsuit is,
sometimes just filing the suit creates enough damage to kill the thing
sued.
For example:
@${ECHO_MSG} "===> License ${_LICENSE} accepted by the user"
*shudder*
Doug
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