> On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 06:25:21PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote: > > The ports tree is here for our users convenience. If a port has a > > strange license, you can always set the PERMIT_xy fields. Many users > > use ion, so why should we harrass them? > > It was not a simple question of removing the port because we didn't like > the license. It was a question of conformance, at least towards what the > author believes the rules now are.
Actually, it is not a matter of conformance against what the author believes. Authors believe the most retarded things from time to time. The same thing happened with qmail before. djb thought we could have his code in the ports tree, but since he specifically does not copyright his code visibly, no rights are granted, so we could not include it, and had to delete it. It's more about conformance with the laws, than about whatever fantasy the author has.
