Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 19:55:44 +0200 From: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> To: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> Cc: "svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.org" <svn-ports-head@freebsd.org>, "danfe@FreeBSD.org" <danfe@freebsd.org>, "svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.org" <svn-ports-all@freebsd.org>, Hiroki Sato <hrs@freebsd.org>, "ports-committers@FreeBSD.org" <ports-committers@freebsd.org>, "az@FreeBSD.org" <az@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r320152 - head/net/v6eval Message-ID: <CAF6rxg=uhgTn4QwayDShBPzpAdufQJEXLZuwbMTVyvQmqHAOTQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <81E824B6-4E1C-4A6B-8C8F-0762F73CBE5A@FreeBSD.org> References: <20130607074237.GA50645@FreeBSD.org> <20130607.170101.1161666929659666690.hrs@allbsd.org> <20130607094637.GA84832@FreeBSD.org> <20130608.170758.1124164232345708295.hrs@allbsd.org> <81E824B6-4E1C-4A6B-8C8F-0762F73CBE5A@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> wrote: > For some cases, as you say, the COPYING file is boilerplate and contains no customizations. In those cases it makes sense to use standard. If its been customized with names, years, links, it must be included. > > I'm not sure why this issue keeps coming up. These licenses must be respected. Probably because the license framework is broken and does not play nicely with how licenses work in practice. I've brought up issues with LEGAL, LICENSE, and related systems before with tabthorpe, but the issues are complex and may very well require a lawyer involved for tricky cases. -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams
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