Doug Barton wrote: > On 04/09/2012 15:21, Da Rock wrote: > > To stick my nose where it probably doesn't belong: indeed. This is one > > area where linux annoys the most for that very reason. > > > > Let the user decide and bear the responsibility. > > If you want to put up a server with all the encumbered software and let > people download it, go right ahead. Meanwhile, the project has chosen > (wisely) not to run the risk of legal entanglements. > > .. not to mention the common courtesy of following the wishes of those > who created the software in the first place.
Also not to mention the uncommon dis-courtesy of someone publishing code free to the world, gaining users, then retracting code [to go commercial]. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, cumulative like a play script, & indent with "> ". Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable. Mail from @yahoo dumped @berklix. http://berklix.org/yahoo/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"