Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:23:24 -0500 From: Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ion3 removal (Re: Ion3 license violation)] Message-ID: <200712130923.24488@aldan> In-Reply-To: <20071213100820.GU11310@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20071213024946.GA4959@soaustin.net> <200712122231.11113.mi%2Bmill@aldan.algebra.com> <20071213100820.GU11310@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On =DE=C5=D4=D7=C5=D2 13 =C7=D2=D5=C4=C5=CE=D8 2007, Peter Jeremy wrote: =3D So far one person has stated that they tried and gave =3D up. =9AMaybe the next person will be more successful. Absolutely right. My point, however, was that the rashed removal makes that= =20 hypothetical next person's job more difficult. No, not impossible -- getting stuff out from the Attic is doable. But more= =20 difficult (possibly involving contacting repo-meisters, etc.) -- we have th= e=20 EXPIRATION_DATE setting for a reason. Any claims of license violations -- which, according to Mark, lead to the=20 hasty removal -- should've been addressed by using FORBIDDEN/IGNORE instead. Not much can be done /now/ -- the reason I'm making these noises is to prev= ent=20 another disorderly deorbiting of a port in the future. -mi
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