> On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 10:20:37AM -0500, Travers Buda wrote: > > Point is, the unencumbered port works, no point in removing it over spite. > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.ion.general/7694 > > The author believes the license change to be retroactive (even though > that's clearly not possible). Consequentially, there is no way we can > keep the port without either starting a fight with him (something I > honestly don't have the time or patience to endure) or 'violating' his > restrictions.
I think a better fight against such balony is to keep his code in the ports tree under the existing (previous) license, and let it rot at that level, if need be. Once you release something under a copyright, there is no retroactive right. That's just not how it works. Leaving stuff available in some way for people to do forks is a good idea, of course.
