From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 23 22:59:43 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A84C416A41A for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:59:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13D8713C43E for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:59:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-31-60.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.31.60]:59046 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1IZaAs-0003i0-44 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:43:40 +0200 Received: (qmail 9755 invoked from network); 24 Sep 2007 00:43:12 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 24 Sep 2007 00:43:12 +0200 Received: (qmail 83260 invoked by uid 1001); 24 Sep 2007 00:43:12 +0200 Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:43:12 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Aryeh Friedman Message-ID: <20070923224312.GA83208@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Aryeh Friedman , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.31.60 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1IZaAs-0003i0-44. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1IZaAs-0003i0-44 d537a7589c7263b250eef7092e7a67b9 Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can the following license be used for ported programs? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:59:43 -0000 On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 05:10:53PM +0000, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > My company develops software under a commercial "open source" (see > links for details) and I want to know if my license is close enough to > open source (see links for why it is not 100% OSD compliant [it is 95% > compliant]). Specifically does the business model as outlined in my > blog (the third installment should be out later today), my business > model page, the third party certifier and license allow for inclusion > in the ports collection. Keep in mind that the source is available > to anyone but execution is conditioned on attachment A of the license > and after the trial period (30 days) is paid for software. > > License: http://www.flosoft-systems.com/license.php > Official statement of my business model: > http://www.flosoft-systems.com/bmodel.php > Blog entries: > http://www.flosoft-systems.com/blogs/aryeh/FOSS.php > http://www.flosoft-systems.com/blogs/aryeh/SIW_Background.php > Third party group (due to DNS issues is currently hosted on my domain > but is not officially associated with my company): > http://www.flosoft-systems.com/miai/ For inclusion in the ports tree it really does not matter much what license you use for your software - it could even be a commercial closed-source program. The reason for this is that the ports tree is just a framework for installing and managing software packages, and none of your code will actually live in the ports tree. If you have various restrictions in the license then it may not be possible for the FreeBSD project to distribute binary packages or source files. If that is the case the port creator should set RESTRICTED or other appropriate variable in the port Makefile to enforce this (see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-restrictions.html for what variations are possible.) -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se