From owner-svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 27 16:14:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83D231065679 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:14:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from decke@bluelife.at) Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com (mail-we0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE7B88FC1A for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:14:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by weyx56 with SMTP id x56so11470864wey.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=RCycWtFjYEj1CgdgZp4klcKyGiEhnPNFPWyokx7HXDzsNHEHSfEJCtFm7qDwfDQKfU PJWH6WZZy5AUovWQpaQ6FEcWQwibVFhi2nR9shJZ8U+18cde6xJt+JmGBILzEKYHUzOy Wytt0TFBaRBmdgfTreXbhBhtNJimE2v9KY1nU6qaCic7lH5JN0kHb5EarTk7q2p0Esa1 QQJN1XKvaMI6cHGct0nECOFgm4EcLs/3YNdRWp6EDmptXVyJQaQMwr/8nMqjyG2V+XJf lT0IOzLfq3W74Rk+4qfDufO29wMBlowLp0ldbyg199iFxosmIjxtKgWy0D7RNI9kqG8Q Eing== 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: ALoCoQl1Q8xRFuJLaDJStGZXBfjzy/r3HycrnbQ/1yeD5NnTiCaHc40WHlik31WNC8tuOHeL0LXr 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-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree for head 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/