Re: License and adopting software

2017-12-27 Thread Sid
I think we should consider gradually using the Clear BSD license whenever someone decides to make an alternate, where a GPL licensed code was inserted on top of less restrictive licenses. ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: License and adopting software

2017-12-26 Thread Sid
> 'someone else said something to the effect of  "If I looked at the code > already, the license is already contaminated"' That makes no sense to me. That advice seems counterproductive. In the source code, I'm sure you saw this, but there are different licenses in the files.   Usually, when

Re: License and adopting software

2017-12-24 Thread Sid
If the author doesn't respond, it's best to move on. Either use their GPL, or completely rewrite it, to avoid infringing on their work. It should be in it's own separate files, so it doesn't get absorbed into that other work's more restrictive license, before it is its own work. You'll need to

Re: License and adopting software

2017-12-11 Thread blubee blubeeme
On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 6:09 AM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > [format recovered] > > On Sunday, 10 December 2017 at 23:31:33 -0800, Chris H wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:24:53 +0800 "blubee blubeeme" < > gurenc...@gmail.com> said > >> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 12:21 PM,

Re: License and adopting software

2017-12-11 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
[format recovered] On Sunday, 10 December 2017 at 23:31:33 -0800, Chris H wrote: > On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:24:53 +0800 "blubee blubeeme" > said >> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Jonathan Chen wrote: >>> On 11 December 2017 at 17:17, blubee blubeeme

Re: License and adopting software

2017-12-10 Thread Chris H
On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:24:53 +0800 "blubee blubeeme" said On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On 11 December 2017 at 17:17, blubee blubeeme wrote: > > I like some old software that's <= GPL2 but it seems like

Re: License and adopting software

2017-12-10 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Monday, 11 December 2017 at 12:24:53 +0800, blubee blubeeme wrote: > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Jonathan Chen wrote: > >> On 11 December 2017 at 17:17, blubee blubeeme wrote: >>> I like some old software that's <= GPL2 but it seems like the >>>

Re: License and adopting software

2017-12-10 Thread blubee blubeeme
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On 11 December 2017 at 17:17, blubee blubeeme wrote: > > I like some old software that's <= GPL2 but it seems like the original > > developer is not and have not done any work on the software sine

Re: License and adopting software

2017-12-10 Thread Jonathan Chen
On 11 December 2017 at 17:17, blubee blubeeme wrote: > I like some old software that's <= GPL2 but it seems like the original > developer is not and have not done any work on the software sine mid 2000. > > I'd like to pick up the project, fix bugs BUT i'd like to migrate

License and adopting software

2017-12-10 Thread blubee blubeeme
I like some old software that's <= GPL2 but it seems like the original developer is not and have not done any work on the software sine mid 2000. I'd like to pick up the project, fix bugs BUT i'd like to migrate from GPL to BSD license. How does one go about doing that? I have seen the GPL code