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Date:      Mon, 05 Feb 2001 04:45:23 -0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To:        Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, Akinori MUSHA <knu@iDaemons.org>, Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@FreeBSD.org>, lioux@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/net/djbdns Makefile 
Message-ID:  <200102051245.f15CjNt33970@mobile.wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010205143816.K1256@ringworld.oblivion.bg> 

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Peter Pentchev wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 04:21:37AM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
> > Will Andrews wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 06:36:38PM +0900, Akinori MUSHA wrote:
> > > > At the same time we are still distributing patched qmail package...
> > > > I've once notified the maintainer Mario of that, but it's still there
> > > > unfixed.
> > > >=20
> > > > Can we override his maintainership in this particular case and mark
> > > > the port as NO_PACKAGE?
> > > 
> > > <mentor>
> > > I don't think he would object on this particular case.
> > > </mentor>
> > 
> > Just do it.  Since it appears the license requires this, it is either fix
> > it or disable the port entirely.
> 
> Judging by the last mails of Mario Ferreira, he'll be away for some time.
> In the meantime, on the djbdns mailing list there has been a heated
> discussion regarding DJB's licensing and packages of his software;
> I think it'll only be prudent to fix this before anybody notices ;)

Well, now that the subject has been raised, we can no longer plead
ignorance and the project is obliged to fix it.  Accidental violation
of a license is less of an issue than knowingly violating it.

Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5



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