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Date:      Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:32:16 -0500
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        portmgr@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Port: gb2ps-2.02
Message-ID:  <402CFC10.4010403@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040212235600.GA54784@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <DB5C7DE93F66D3119CAD0008C7E6403106501973@flmlbx01psge.geips.ge.com> <5C1ECAF4-5DA2-11D8-A5C2-003065ABFD92@mac.com> <20040212235600.GA54784@xor.obsecurity.org>

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Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 04:28:11PM -0500, Charles Swiger wrote:
[ ... ]
>>+RESTRICTED=    "Non-commercial use only"
> 
> Actually that should be NO_CDROM since both distfiles and packages may
> be redistributed on the FTP sites.

OK, Kris, thanks for the clarification.

The distinction between the two isn't entirely clear in the Porter's Handbook. 
  By this I mean, from .../porters-handbook/porting-restrictions.html:

> 6.2.3 RESTRICTED
> 
> Set this variable if the application's license also forbids us from
> mirroring the application's DISTFILES via FTP (or HTTP if you set it up that way.)
> 
> Also set this if the application's license has general restrictions on who
> may use it, e.g. the application is for non-commercial use only.

The last sentence very much seems to apply to this case!  :-)

-- 
-Chuck



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