On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:27 AM, GP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have noted that there aren't many (if any) copyrights in FreeBSD manpages. > I appreciate that. But GDlib has the following text in its license > > "Permission has been granted to copy, distribute and modify gd in > any context without fee, including a commercial application, > provided that this notice is present in user-accessible supporting > documentation."
This requirement is fulfilled by installing GD's original documentation at /usr/local/share/doc/gd/index.html > The software I port only have a man page as user documentation. > Dose that mean that I have to put all the boring copyright stuff in the > bottom of the man page? Or is it considered fulfilled with a LICENSE file in > the source dir? Any other options? Yes, you must provide a copyright statement. From a legal point of view it would be risky for the port maintainer to provide his/her own version or interpretation of such copyright. > How is "user-accessible" usually interpreted in this case? It is interpreted as "available in a known place where users can find it easyly". -- Carlos A. M. dos Santos _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"