From owner-svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 27 16:14:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A93F106564A for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:14:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from decke@bluelife.at) Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com (mail-wi0-f178.google.com [209.85.212.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B5118FC18 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:14:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhr14 with SMTP id hr14so2671331wib.13 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:14:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bluelife.at; s=google; h=mime-version:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=7HmMenEKtKeNWgcDEsyK15pWrVDPB+PNxy2fwM/G47g=; b=XYqGUtl2zVrteLcAS0vgelJTjMuKZKEEje9qaCEZQkhxhWoGlRuuOjDKsV91KZiTke K4iGCoJWZxZI5jH7uo0BfSZT0KrgknPvVGew1DSUCxKHk2LfaqhDs1SOVxh/IwmgpDl2 9QMftp2O9mXiXEsKYyYApWRAneVDBxsWFgWhU= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=7HmMenEKtKeNWgcDEsyK15pWrVDPB+PNxy2fwM/G47g=; b=m6TqPDK4YUsPy4JI3MjyLewWLtI0mLaJBsl37z3Nq6CZhrz0XxJisJPmo4fpPUAGcn JgChEWDOJP5Q2Wa3jXZ6pJjdXn9xvZ/v6MKoZ5MQxfnOPm5WTSSsbQ4oX91Ll5V41cVA +tIFOwZj831rdyVzaZ1tFt+YnAUnvbo/bG9wLSzTs5vVvhqFxJ0RQ/K5GzfPg6TOrly2 wITGoWzziQDRt3j+HABf/arDH5bE9ajwUF3S6jP1gp37cUn40qRuh5CG0t+LbF/PwYtS 0HrrhNjwPCuwCZYv4nqXyuV5PtbLPips/jibsq3qzvzJt0Z0oTLDoF4kVfd9zLPphYxQ V4JA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.131.13 with SMTP id l13mr7173596wei.195.1346084067793; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:14:27 -0700 (PDT) Sender: decke@bluelife.at Received: by 10.180.90.15 with HTTP; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:14:27 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [80.123.233.199] In-Reply-To: <20120827132752.GA59345@FreeBSD.org> References: <201208271253.q7RCrfNp099110@svn.freebsd.org> <20120827130920.GA55054@FreeBSD.org> <20120827132752.GA59345@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:14:27 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: UxwRV5T_oLYubnLmkEYXbQTJQqk Message-ID: From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bernhard_Fr=F6hlich?= To: Alexey Dokuchaev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm9OkzcEM6fkg00ClQClhMa9Pmz6oWGfTU508UlktgQqh3ryImxvGHqWWGwTXjQ5dAxKz0q Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r303225 - in head/emulators: virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-additions virtualbox-ose-kmod virtualbox-ose/files X-BeenThere: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:14:35 -0000 On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 03:24:00PM +0200, Bernhard Fr?hlich wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: >> > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 12:53:41PM +0000, Bernhard Froehlich wrote: >> >> +LICENSE= GPLv2 >> >> +LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING >> > >> > Why specify LICENSE_FILE for standard licenses? License framework was >> > supposed to reduce filesystem spamming with identical copies of GPL, not to >> > contribute to it further. >> >> Ever looked at that file before complaining? It is GPLv2 but with a few notes >> that make it worth keeping: > > I was not complaining, I was asking. Given all the exceptions below, I in > turn wonder if it's OK to set LICENSE to GPLv2. I'm not a lawyer but they claim that the code is under GPLv2 in the Licensing FAQ. In fact if you dig deeper you find the complete list of licenses that are used in the vbox code. https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/apa.html https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Licensing_FAQ -- Bernhard Froehlich http://www.bluelife.at/