From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 28 12:59:55 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0C93661 for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:59:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pl@catslair.org) Received: from smtp2.losoco.com (smtp2.losoco.com [185.10.51.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75D582C08 for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:59:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from PLWin7 (92-108-114-98.dynamic.upc.nl [92.108.114.98]) by smtp2.losoco.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 845641215A for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:59:54 +0200 (CEST) From: "Peter Looyenga" To: References: <001001ce8b29$63546b80$29fd4280$@catslair.org> <20130728005524.GM34979@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <20130728005524.GM34979@over-yonder.net> Subject: RE: Would software "for non-commercial use" be acceptable as a port? Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:59:39 +0200 Organization: LoSoCo Message-ID: <000301ce8b92$5246c9a0$f6d45ce0$@catslair.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQD+G/lOcfSzzIB9aOsN4sgg+OJyAgIOxPnomwp0eNA= Content-Language: nl X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:59:55 -0000 > There are a number of entries in ports/LEGAL along the lines of "no > commercial use", often with RESTRICTED or NO_CDROM or the like also > set in the ports' Makefile's. Lots of examples to extrapolate from > there. Thanks for the pointers. I had already skimmed through the Porters handbook but was under the impression that the limitations one could place on the software only involved around distribution or storage and not so much other forms of licensing as well. Obviously it didn't help to overlook LEGAL completely as well :-) Now I have plenty of material and examples to work with, and will contact the company behind this software to check if they agree with my ideas as well. Kind regards, Peter -- .\\ S/MIME public key: http://www.catslair.org/pubkey.crt +- My semi-private Root CA: http://ssl.losoco.nl/losoco.crt