Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:22:50 +0000 (UTC) From: Tuomo Valkonen <tuomov@iki.fi> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Ion3 license violation Message-ID: <slrnflv329.e47.tuomov@jolt.modeemi.cs.tut.fi>
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Since the so-called package "maintainer" seems to have gone AWOL (as is typical): The version of Ion3 in FreeBSD ports at [1,2] is obsolete (3rc-20070927 is provided, but 3rc-20071109 is more than 28 days old), and must per the license be upgraded, removed, or prominently marked as obsolete. The package also seems to "patch" Ion with the Xinerama module, again violating the license. (The way the package installs it, makes it appear to be an official part of Ion, which it is not, and therefore when it is installed, the result must be considered a modified/patched version of Ion, which requires very explicit requests from the user and prominent notices of unsupportedness.) [1]: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/x11-wm/ion-3/ [2]: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/philip/ -- Tuomo
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