> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 at 4:05 PM > From: "Stuart Henderson" <s...@spacehopper.org> > To: "Alex Free" <ale...@mail.com> > Cc: "Renaud Allard" <ren...@allard.it>, ports@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: does a new port have to be the latest version? > > On 2020/06/03 14:58, Alex Free wrote: > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 at 2:24 PM > > > From: "Stuart Henderson" <s...@spacehopper.org> > > > To: "Renaud Allard" <ren...@allard.it> > > > Cc: ports@openbsd.org > > > Subject: Re: does a new port have to be the latest version? > > > > > > On 2020/06/03 14:17, Renaud Allard wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On 6/3/20 2:11 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > > > On 2020/06/03 13:54, Alex Free wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What is the program? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > CDIrip, the current GitHub is at https://github.com/jozip/cdirip . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > yes 0.6.3 looks to be a bit of a step backwards there. looking at the > > > > > diff > > > > > it did also remove a duplicate write of &aCommSize though. > > > > > > > > > > Note that it doesn't have proper licensing so will need to be marked > > > > > as > > > > > PERMIT_PACKAGE/PERMIT_DISTFILES=no license (some mention of "version > > > > > developed on sourceforge under gpl" isn't a valid license grant). > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/jozip/cdirip/blob/master/LICENSE > > > > > > > > Mentions GPLV2 > > > > > > > > > > That is just a file in the distribution of the version on github. There's > > > no > > > indication that it was added by the original author of the code and the > > > "How > > > to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs" section hasn't been followed > > > in particular there is no "Copyright XXX you can redistribute it" etc. > > > The only valid copyright information I see in the whole distribution is > > > the one in https://github.com/jozip/cdirip/blob/master/audio.c which says > > > > > > /* Copyright (C) 1988-1991 Apple Computer, Inc. > > > * All rights reserved. > > > > > > and does not grant redistribution. > > > > > > > > > > Previous versions were not under the GPL, but the > > original author released 0.6.3 under the GPL. > > Just saying "released under GPL" without doing other steps isn't enough. > It needs at least a copyright line with a license grant somewhere > preferably on each file, that's why the license goes to some lengths to > explain how to do it. > > Also releasing some version under GPL doesn't mean that previous versions > are also automatically released under GPL. > > > Source for all previous versions were always > > available, and still are on the wayback machine of > > the original homepage. > > > > Essentially pre 0.6.3 is just source available. > > > > Dist file mirroring is okay right? Besides the > > I don't think it is OK for OpenBSD to do this (as in PERMIT_* etc can't > be set to Yes and it would need building from ports not installing from > packages). If you want to mirror the distfile yourself that would be your > responsibility. > > > wayback machine there is exactly one place I can > > find 0.6.2, and it’s on a gnome related mirror > > and in zip format. Right now I have the port’s > > master site set to my own with a .tar.gz of the > > source. > > I found it at > https://nold.in/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=projects:consoles:dreamcast:cdirip-0.6.2-linux.tar.bz2 > (a path like this requires certain fiddling to use as a source in ports, > should be possible but is annoying!). > > ... > > > Is the code actually invalid GPL due to the Apple code? NetBSD is > > hosting dist files containing the Apple code so is it ok? License > > newbie, thanks for your patience. > > IANAL and it may vary between jurisdictions anyway but my understanding > is "if you don't include a Copyright line and grant some specific rights > to allow redistribution then it can't be redistributed". Some OS care > more about this for things in packages than others (Debian in particular > usually get this right) some others seem to rely on "meh nobody's really > going to complain are they". > >
Does everything look ok on the email I sent to ports? https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=159123552330253&w=2
