Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:45:07 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Joe Marcus Clarke" <marcus@freebsd.org> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/121670: [PATCH] Update converters/libiconv to 1.12 Message-ID: <op.t70l5hex9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <47DAA0A7.3040308@freebsd.org> References: <200803141450.m2EEo2eU022317@freefall.freebsd.org> <47DAA0A7.3040308@freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:58:31 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> wrote: > Pav Lucistnik wrote: >> The following reply was made to PR ports/121670; it has been noted by >> GNATS. >> From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> >> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, delphij@FreeBSD.org >> Cc: Subject: Re: ports/121670: [PATCH] Update converters/libiconv to >> 1.12 >> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:43:59 +0100 >> Licensing framework is certainly something we will need. Currently >> we're >> looking for volunteers to work on it, so... >> Then we will need to inspect every file in every of 18,000+ ports. >> IMHO we could update libiconv now and deal with licensing issues as >> they >> are discovered, but I am not a lawyer. > > I'm okay with that. This would not be the first GPLv3 port in the tree > (see GCC 4.3). If someone complains that their binary links to a GPLv3 > library, we can evaluate how to proceed with that. <snip> Well, the GCC 4.3 is a bit different with libiconv. Our ports don't (or most?) use GCC 4.3 by default. It's user's decision, not by us. Cheers, Mezz > Joe -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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