Hi! > On 2016-09-14 11:49, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > >> [...] > >> the license. If no license statement can be found in the sources or the > >> website, then no permission is given, and it's technically illegal for > >> anyone but the author(s) to use the software.
> > This is not the case in every country, so your conclusion is not > > always valid. > That's true. Still, the inclusion of the program in ports collection > depends on author(s) giving their permission, otherwise users in > majority of countries FreeBSD is used in will be disqualified from using > it -- and FreeBSD would probably be liable for copyright infringement too. Let's take a step back: That is why we do introduce the LICENSE framework, but it was not a big problem the last 15+ years, so it's not that the skies will fall tomorrow, if we have a few missing for the foreseeable future. -- [email protected] +49 171 3101372 4 years to go ! _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
