Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 17:53:38 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: Peter Looyenga <pl@catslair.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Would software "for non-commercial use" be acceptable as a port? Message-ID: <CAOjFWZ4CwiYn50JosU%2BKzbCdzwKEdf6ro%2B-7hyG4h=6-qSF4zg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <001001ce8b29$63546b80$29fd4280$@catslair.org> References: <001001ce8b29$63546b80$29fd4280$@catslair.org>
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This is how DansGuardian works, and it's a part of the ports tree (www/dansguardian). The install points the user to the licensing page on the web. It's up to the user to decide if they're eligible for the non-com license. On 2013-07-27 5:37 PM, "Peter Looyenga" <pl@catslair.org> wrote: > Hi gang, > > I've been professionally using FreeBSD for quite some time now (my company > now uses 4 FreeBSD servers for web services) and during the implementation > period I've become quite fascinated with the ports system. And this evening > I suddenly had an idea, but I'm not too sure how feasible this idea is, so > I'm hoping some of you guys would be willing to give me some suggestions or > advice. > > I've been using a commercial software product for the past 4 years now; I > started using it on Linux and nowadays I use it on Windows. > > The company behind this product provides several editions of their product, > including a "community edition" which can be used free of charge but > non-commercial use only. It does have some functional limitations which, in > my opinion (but I am biased), aren't really intrusive. For example if you > print some output you'll get a watermark too. Stuff like that. > > Even so; I strongly support this software. Like I said before I've been > using it myself for the past 4 years (in all fairness: I got myself a > commercial license too, which wasn't too expensive in my opinion) and even > now I'm still quite passionate about this stuff. > > > Now; I read that the ports collection provides a /truly/ free environment > and doesn't shun entries which may not match the idea of free and/or open > source software. > > So my question should be obvious: Would I be right to assume that the > software product as I described it above could be a liable addition for the > ports collection, or is there something I'm overlooking? > > Needless to say I'm obviously contacting the company behind it as well, I > can say I'm in quite good terms with them, and nothing will be done without > their explicit permission. > > But before I start on such an endeavor I'd really appreciate if you guys > could confirm (or deny) if my plans are actually feasible? > > Am I right to conclude that the product, with the non-commercial clause I > described above, could be a candidate for the ports collection or would the > restriction be a huge obstacle? > > Thanks in advance for any comments, I'd really appreciate some advice > and/or > comments here. > > Kind regards, > > Peter > > -- > .\\ S/MIME public key: http://www.catslair.org/pubkey.crt > +- My semi-private Root CA: http://ssl.losoco.nl/losoco.crt > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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