From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Wed Sep 14 08:44:33 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96776BDA4D2 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:44:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vmagerya@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 744CF1BD for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:44:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vmagerya@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 6FC35BDA4D1; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:44:33 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F674BDA4D0 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:44:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vmagerya@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lf0-x22f.google.com (mail-lf0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E5AE11BC for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:44:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vmagerya@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lf0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id h127so4933644lfh.0 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 01:44:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8kDC8nLUn+OOxY2QBG3M+STcf1bV+AAkr9+4I7mbnkA=; b=W9GbULRuaHNj0H6FYGidNmNeP5pxtcmrY2/pyRmnM98ldQO+rvojfvoPFuaFaUTZe7 ddPJEnu0nq6i3z5eetmkgNAaJmWeBILp7wES7GuSUwl/de6eeFSinsbYg1+e6Swevj79 KLXWElK6+iFQ5A8MNFk+WvvgAXplsNwCSoLklX7ILlOCOQzrnklFbiQWapJ+SUuDDfHS H55r4KEQgQb6oW1BJhnn1RRkDen0lemX2qDW37lSEA9WV084saJMpRNmENb4kBwrASn1 i3QR1/W+T4M9CMatcnPb54oXpx/IXPENx6LMf9g0TBrCXBvXxVbyEYyy0fksIqVU7Ayx LSow== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8kDC8nLUn+OOxY2QBG3M+STcf1bV+AAkr9+4I7mbnkA=; b=GrflfR2INgAKhP64ORH5DXdR1tqVdU0CYv9ckASsj8MEe8feP5oOTk6xRbvZ0SzMaP HlAabM9sg/y4RXUr5capELI1iuB1aQ7URZPz05mng0/oMkFvIiW+VsZAL7p/ZEuZJkwc 9WitMB9BfmMd1meZh7vtd7Jx78eZRx6Mn+jOQAoroP0JfpmRoJh/2gzqw1OxWC2OABN7 amrQyOx78F8ZnKANnQBPCt+b+vhlnCtJRhej2x4Q9o0R/4MTCZAbb/DoO1BjGcq6kMTR YIumoMk84RhTf+O5y8MAcLh3QNNOXrWQtAvzlmmjLOVw4GcIQT2sl/hXUplNiDHHpS/a lK9g== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwNEDE2amGj9nOY2gL0VygB5YVtqG4BeaSrGIpvi6U7cHERYp2Zgugn5gVCdiozd3g== X-Received: by 10.25.29.85 with SMTP id d82mr561554lfd.60.1473842670846; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 01:44:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.29.2.94] (altimet-gw.cs2.dp.wnet.ua. [217.20.178.249]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id h65sm4672518lfi.35.2016.09.14.01.44.29 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 14 Sep 2016 01:44:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: LICENSE documentation To: Bob Eager , ports@freeBSD.org References: <20160914081915.72e9cf14@raksha.tavi.co.uk> From: Vitaly Magerya Message-ID: <9d155596-2137-c385-e557-32431e88c0f8@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:44:20 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160914081915.72e9cf14@raksha.tavi.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:44:33 -0000 On 2016-09-14 10:19, Bob Eager wrote: > This port never did have LICENSE, and it had been updated recently with > no issues. However, I was told that "I don't see any mention of any > kind of license in the package or on the site, so it should be > LICENSE= NONE. Note that without clear licensing terms it's impossible > to legally use and redistribute the code." My interpretation of this phrase is not that LICENSE variable is mandatory (to which I would object on the basis that ports licensing framework is vague, incomplete, and apparently used by noone too), but rather that for the program to be freely distributable at all, it's author(s) need to explicitly give their permission. That permission is the license. If no license statement can be found in the sources or the website, then no permission is given, and it's technically illegal for anyone but the author(s) to use the software. If this is the case, I suggest you to contact the authors, explain the situation, and ask them to include some sort of a license statement -- we'll be forced to remove the program from ports collection otherwise.