Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 09:14:52 +0200 From: Daniel Engberg <daniel.engberg.lists@pyret.net> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Maintainer] Help determining proper LICENSE for x11-wm/piewm? Message-ID: <75509267a0aa1d26562be79e8dcee41f@mail.infomaniak.com> In-Reply-To: <ZlKe9b14G5WqR18g@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <ZlKe9b14G5WqR18g@albert.catwhisker.org>
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On 2024-05-26T04:31:17.000+02:00, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wr= ote: > A PR (https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D279111) has be= en > opened with the intent to supply a suitable LICENSE for the x11-wm/piewm > port. >=20 > I am the maintainer of the port (out of self-defense, more than anything > else); I am unable to determine what would make sense in this case: >=20 > * The most recent "copyright" notice I find is from 1991 (U. of > Maryland). > * There also exist "copyright" notices from: > * Don Hopkins (1989) > * MIT (1989) > * Solbourne Computer, Inc (1990) > * Evans & Sutherland (1988) > * HP & MIT (1989) > * As best I can determine, there are no explicit "license" statements in > the distribution. >=20 > The creator of the PR suggested "MIT" for the license. While I can't > claim that's wrong, I also can't claim it's right -- and my current > impression is that claiming something that is, in fact, not correct in > such a case is probably rather worse than making no claim at all. >=20 > I am no expert in law (in general) or Intellectual Property law (in > particular). I would like to do "what's right." >=20 > Suggestions or advice? >=20 > Thanks. >=20 > Peace, > david. I would like to do "what's right." >=20 > Suggestions or advice? >=20 > Thanks. >=20 > Peace, > david > --=20 > David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org > I will not be voting for a "unified reich" in the US. >=20 > See https://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. Here's what OpenBSD defines, not saying it's correct but might help. https://github.com/openbsd/ports/blob/master/x11/piewm/Makefile#L7 Best regards, Daniel
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