Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 00:12:38 +0200 From: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Albert Shih <Albert.Shih@obspm.fr>, Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, ion-general@lists.berlios.de Subject: Re: ion windows manager on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20091002221238.GN26407@droso.net> In-Reply-To: <20091002214401.GA4339@lonesome.com> References: <20090930100658.GA99090@obspm.fr> <20090930110508.GA50565@hades.panopticon> <20090930161915.GA18014@lonesome.com> <20091001111417.GF50565@hades.panopticon> <20091001112323.GA26407@droso.net> <20091001114546.GH50565@hades.panopticon> <20091001213656.GA14925@lonesome.com> <20091002133231.GA17567@hades.panopticon> <20091002214401.GA4339@lonesome.com>
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--Vx/N56bIaYnO6ICL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 04:44:01PM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote: > On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 05:32:31PM +0400, Dmitry Marakasov wrote: > > Do you honestly think the probability of Tuomo suing us is higher of, > > say, me suing, well, us? >=20 > Yes. That is exactly what I am saying. And I believe reading the entire > thread when this first came up supports my claim. >=20 I've expressed my concern and agreement with Mark on this topic earlier, but I'd like to reitterate the problem. From the earlier mails with the author and reading the new license, which is LGPL with, in legal terms, vaguely defined exceptions, we as the FreeBSD project have to err on the safe side and not add this software again unless the author explicitly and publicly retracts his earlier legal threats. This is not a case common sense but of legal terms, and given the fluffy formulation of the license, even in it's new form, it is unacceptable to be included in the ports tree. -erwin --=20 Erwin Lansing http://droso.org Prediction is very difficult especially about the future erwin@FreeBSD.org --Vx/N56bIaYnO6ICL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFKxnrWqy9aWxUlaZARAv8aAJ0aH4hvSovwIzUrnBih5UTTK65aaACeKzMK eqAF7UCGEUZ1dxZlhNRrsVU= =YWQL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Vx/N56bIaYnO6ICL--
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