From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Sep 3 14: 2:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF91B14D66; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 14:02:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA81708; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 17:02:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 17:02:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Bill Fumerola Cc: Kris Kennaway , brooks@one-eyed-alien.net, FreeBSD Ports Team Subject: Re: ports/13552: The gnuplot doesn't build with GIF support enabled In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Bill Fumerola wrote: > On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > It is NOT illegal, and it IS the method that the gnuplot authors > > themselves suggest. I like gnuplot, and gif is too popular an output > > method for experienced gnuplot users, to just reject. > > Murdering users is a popular option commonly shared by sys admins, > however like distributing software with copyright violations, it is > illegal and has to be avoided. > > Just because the gnuplot authors really want something doesn't mean > that we need to subject ourselves to problems. They're aren't any problems, and we have many, many other ports with *far* worse problems. I think your opinions on the general state of copyrights, and what Unisys has done, and has mishandled things, are fine, and do you credit. I hold like opinions myself. I think your urge to enforce your opinions on others by denying the package and cdrom stuff is completely unsupportable. There are *many* ports with far more restrictive licencing than anything Unisys has done, so unless there is overwhelming outcry (and this better include every other gif enabled or enabling port) then I flatly disagree and I'll do the port. ---------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | picnic.mat.net: FreeBSD/i386 (301) 220-2114 | jaunt.mat.net : FreeBSD/Alpha ---------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message