Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:56:12 -0700 (PDT) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Cc: gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov Subject: Re: URGENT: Remove tinker.tar.gz from FTP mirrors Message-ID: <200307252056.h6PKuCto054017@strings.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <20030725154057.GA46237@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> References: <20030725164430K.mnakata@ashura> <20030725154057.GA46237@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov>
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In article <20030725154057.GA46237@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov>, Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov> wrote: > [Adding an appropriate subject line in the hopes that this will get > noticed and acted on.] > > On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 04:44:30PM +0900, NAKATA, Maho wrote: > > > Hi, members of portsmgr, thanks for your huge effort to maintain ports > > system. > > > > While I was processing biology/tinker pr, I noticed it was marked as > > RESTRICTED. I read lisence file in tinker, it is appropreate. > > > > However this file is available on ftp.freebsd.org! > > > > >From porter's handbook it reads: > > > > > 5.2.3 RESTRICTED > > > Set this variable if the application's license also forbids us from > > > mirroring the application's DISTFILES via FTP. Also set this if the > > > application's license has general restrictions on who may use it, > > > e.g. the application is for non-commercial use only. > > so that basically we cannot fetch from ftp.freebsd.org and its > > mirrors, however, i typed: > > > > % fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/tinker.tar.gz > > Receiving tinker.tar.gz (5658289 bytes): 100% (ETA 00:00) > > 5658289 bytes transferred in 33.7 seconds (164.07 kBps) > > > > I fetched successfully. I think it is wrong thing. From CVS logs, > > there is always `RESTRICTED' line, so that this situation seems to > > violate the tinker's license. I messed up since RESTRICTED is not > > seemed to be valid. > > > > Does anyone can remove this file from ftp.freebsd.org and its mirrors? > > As the former maintainer of this port I would like to stress how very > serious this matter is. The author of the port will be furious if he > found out his software was being distributed outside of his control. OK, I deleted the tarball from ftp-master. The removal should propagate to the other FTP sites eventually. Note, I have nothing to do with the FreeBSD FTP sites. There's no point in asking me how the file got there or complaining to me about it. John -- John Polstra John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Two buttocks cannot avoid friction." -- Malawi saying
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