Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 19:12:01 +0100 From: "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" <freebsd@skysmurf.nl> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: erich@alogt.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RfD] Merging fortune ports Message-ID: <20131221181201.GA52917@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> In-Reply-To: <4461qirv8t.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <20131221142710.GA50067@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> <4461qirv8t.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
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--Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Erich Dollansky wrote: > this is a good idea. Lowell Gilbert wrote: =20 > That would be a fine idea, Thank you both for the feedback. > as long as it doesn't raise any license problems. We don't actually > consider or track licenses on any fortune files or ports. I don't think > that's a problem at the moment, but it's very difficult to be positive, > especially with regard to collection copyrights. That's a good point. However, considering that sites such as Wikiquote appear to have no legal problems, I think it should be ok as long as we don't go overboard by quoting entire (chapters of) books, (scenes in) movies/TV-shows, songs etc. In fact regarding the latter, it appears to be fine to republish song lyrics as long as they are properly attributed. And of course we can always install the proper attributions or copyright notices as part of the port in the form of documentation. I am by no means a legal expert though, so if anybody cares to weigh in, then please do. > To be honest, I was surprised at how *few* fortune files we have in > ports. I maintain three or four "jars" for my own use, and expected > that at least *some* people would have shared theirs. That's another good point. And if we indeed go ahead with this plan, you'd of course be welcome to contribute your jars if you like :-) In the meantime, while waiting for more responses, I've outlined what I think would be a good procedure to follow: 1. PR ports/184546 (New port: misc/fortune-mod-offensive) can be put on hold pending this discussion. I'll submit a follow-up as soon as I'm done with this message. 2. Specifically email this proposal to everybody who currently maintains a fortune port. I'll do that ASAP too. 3. While the discussion is still open, I can forward the comments from the Forums, if any come forth. 4. After a certain amount of time the Ports Committee (if there is such a thing, otherwise anyone with sufficient authority) will have to make a definite decision. If the proposal is rejected: 5a. The aforementioned PR can be committed. If the proposal is accepted: 5b. Any licensing issues need to be hashed out (see above). 6b. The new port can be created (and a PR submitted for that). Perhaps there could be a period before the first commit where people can submit their jars for inclusion. 7b. A web page should be created, which among other things explains how people can submit jars or corrections/additions. I can do that. 8b. The current fortune ports should probably be marked DEPRECATED. 9b. Which in turn I imagine would warrant an entry into /usr/ports/UPDATING. 10b. If anyone wishes to share maintainership, we'd probably need to set up an email alias. That should be no problem. AvW --=20 I'm not completely useless, I can be used as a bad example. --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iQIbBAEBAgAGBQJStdnxAAoJEAfP7gJTaCe8EKYP9iNePe/HdkDm+zrOI0alcU1h V+WuCQSTfAK2i0P9mmSW3sZjeMLj5HfiML/PXc6ChTEt01+CYnV+rFYi0MgRZK47 E7NSglReyW1jPelx2IJS5sUDleZuZcII2Q215IgFq8Nt98x/MLNFcimXkYVLDNXc AJkFxDLGtVOiW4oRkDm5XrBk3ZWUMjT57gdQzRpz6lUFoQ+f6nCLSSPANGZb/2Np Twmad4pwUfV9A34kRYV7G2xJfkCUjll2r2vL1XeS0XfgMPdLF9TtXJ+iLL4czkBY kUmfE2ZQRMqxzTtgL3UwELLdVhfeEaFomsleKGAmv+N+f4lhdd8lIb+Z0rbsKe7N A58Eaj6Y47SXZj02ki85tq8zMyTocAyv5PfUwNjto/8jB070TANwi2fQamkWUqyC ZQD3eah2EFledvj7ZH0MIbbfLzgaQziOXADQMDeJGQh7rwDutLlDIUpgdBloD1ca vXRMT5VjsS/8HGUnP3mRyiBsz7JF0yLfU6NMyklVSkbVuVXenpyXkEqH70lb2Pgn oDWrO0buebDkdxSAvTTQXwD29u18JLHiuvYAKi1n3PXHVdw8mgOMsZ1dFutWrKd8 eI6SM7Ns2r0DYNbwMXRmRaL7MBE5wac3q7DRi/UF6KsBlvhIWXr8CtVyW2Wv0TEj Qgb2fPVjPk2CzEFHTis= =aYaA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi--
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