Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:30:46 -0500 From: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mill@aldan.algebra.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ion3 removal (Re: Ion3 license violation) Message-ID: <200712121930.46708.mi%2Bmill@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: <20071212183542.f9bf5e55.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <20071212213200.D576216A469@hub.freebsd.org> <200712121701.57460.mi%2Bmill@aldan.algebra.com> <20071212183542.f9bf5e55.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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=D3=C5=D2=C5=C4=C1 12 =C7=D2=D5=C4=C5=CE=D8 2007 06:35 =D0=CF, Bill Moran = =F7=C9 =CE=C1=D0=C9=D3=C1=CC=C9: > It's his software. =9AIf his requirements can't be met, then the port com= es > out of the tree. =9AWhat else do you expect to happen? I expect the port-removal to be initiated/done in an orderly fashion. This= =20 includes marking it FORBIDDEN (or IGNORE, or BROKEN): FORBIDDEN=3D Violates licensing requirements of the author and: EXPIRATION_DATE=3D<<Some date a few months from now>> This would give those people, whom you expect to submit patches, some time = to,=20 actually, create them... Only if nothing materializes by the expiration dat= e,=20 should the port be deleted. -mi
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