Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 19:45:05 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question on COPYING file ... Message-ID: <19991011194505.A10180@mad> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910111056580.24160-100000@hub.freebsd.org>; from Kris Kennaway on Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 11:00:05AM -0700 References: <19991010135315.A13228@ppp5835.on.bellglobal.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910111056580.24160-100000@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 11:00:05AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > That's good. If he does still want the COPYING file included, go > > ahead; it's an easy way to avoid some needless antagonism with the > > rest of the world. Yours wouldn't be the only port doing it. > > The question was with the binary package, not the port. There are probably I think that was the question I answered. :) > packages which install this form of gnu droppings, but they don't have to > (and probably shouldn't, per the handbook). The source (i.e. distfile) > needs to include it. The purpose of the handbook is not to cause software authors to hate us. From what John says, the author has more-or-less seen some light in this particular case, but if an author asks that his software be distributed in such and such a manner, then we should respect this (within reason). > always make that source available. So /usr/src is fine.. /usr/src != /usr/ports/x/x/work/ -- This is my .signature which gets appended to the end of my messages. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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