Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:45:12 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Tuomo Valkonen <tuomov@iki.fi> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ion3 license violation Message-ID: <20071212154512.a32313e7.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <slrnfm0fd5.l9t.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> <476030F0.50501@csub.edu> <20071212142045.de0dcc7e.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <slrnfm0fd5.l9t.tuomov@jolt.modeemi.cs.tut.fi>
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In response to Tuomo Valkonen <tuomov@iki.fi>: > On 2007-12-12, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > > It's impossible for the FreeBSD ports system to guarantee compliance with > > his arbitrarily chosen "28 days" rule. > > There is no "28 days" rule. There is a "latest release in 28 days or > prominently mark (potentially) obsolete" rule. You can make the marking > permanent, always requiring users to acknowledge a message. You can > make the marking automatic, by checking the website for a new release > (as Debian presently does), or by some more sophisticated means or dead > man triggers. There you go. I had no idea it would be this easy. Please open a PR and attach a patch. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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