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Date:      Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:15:02 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Tuomo Valkonen <tuomov@iki.fi>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ion3 license violation
Message-ID:  <slrnfm0ga6.na1.tuomov@jolt.modeemi.cs.tut.fi>
References:  <slrnflv329.e47.tuomov@jolt.modeemi.cs.tut.fi> <20071212073944.GC29211@soaustin.net> <slrnflv4hj.ge8.tuomov@jolt.modeemi.cs.tut.fi> <20071212080932.GA30438@soaustin.net> <slrnflv6nd.k6f.tuomov@jolt.modeemi.cs.tut.fi> <20071212083658.GA31114@soaustin.net> <47602AC8.7060609@csub.edu> <slrnfm0c3g.fhp.tuomov@jolt.modeemi.cs.tut.fi> <20071212150902.d375bf5b.wmoran@potentialtech.com>

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On 2007-12-12, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote:
> If you were watching, why didn't you point this out back at the
> beginning of the ports freeze?

What makes you think I'd been watching that long?

Don't you people read the licenses of the software you distribute?

> Either you didn't understand Russell's comment

... or you haven't read the license.

> Remind the voices that FreeBSD isn't a Linux distro, and maybe they'll
> start feeding you accurate information instead of making you look insane.

It's a distribution of various third party software. You may split hairs
by insisting that "FreeBSD ports" is the distribution, but it is still 
a distribution. (There are no "Linux" distributions either: there are
"GNU/Linux" distributions, if you get into hair-splitting.)

-- 
Tuomo




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