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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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