On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:56:24 -0600 (CST) "Jeremy C. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am curious about if FreeBSD has a policy on licenses for patches > added to ports? > > I am looking through the FreeBSD Porter's handbook and don't see > anything mentioned yet. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/slow-patch.html > > doesn't mention licensing. > > The port where I have heard complaints about is the added copyright to > ports/audio/cdparanoia > > Any comments? Any policy? > > One idea would be that anything added to FreeBSD ports files patches > should need to be under the same original license. But I understand > there could be exceptions. One of the PR guides[lines] mention that unless otherwise specified everything submitted is under BSD licence. But yeh, given the mad word we're living in maybe we should make this more visible. -- IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" BOFH excuse #40: not enough memory, go get system upgrade
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