Re: Ion3 license and possible removal

2007-12-16 Thread Rainer Müller
Vincent Lefevre wrote: Or change the name of the software. These restrictions apply only in this case: [quoted from the LICENSE file] If the name Ion(tm) or other names that can be associated with the Ion project are used to distribute this software, then: [/quoted] Seems like Debian

Re: Ion3 license and possible removal

2007-12-16 Thread Pierre Queinnec
Interesting idea; this brings yet another possibility. The only problem I could see with that strategy is yet-another-license-change forbidding derivative works. If PortMgr thinks this is the way it should be handled, we could do the rename in the Debian fashion, but personally I won't be

Re: [macports-mgr] Re: Ion3 license and possible removal

2007-12-14 Thread Juan Manuel Palacios
On Dec 14, 2007, at 10:26 AM, Markus Weissmann wrote: Hi Pierre, thanks for bringing this up here: Mr. Valkonen's license is absolutely unbearable. As an alternative: Perhaps you can bring the port back to the last sane licensed version - don't know if this is useful and/or possible.

Re: Ion3 license and possible removal

2007-12-14 Thread Jeff Palmer
Markus Weissmann wrote: Hi Pierre, thanks for bringing this up here: Mr. Valkonen's license is absolutely unbearable. As an alternative: Perhaps you can bring the port back to the last sane licensed version - don't know if this is useful and/or possible. Either that or remove it please.

Ion3 license and possible removal

2007-12-13 Thread Pierre Queinnec
[sorry for cross-posting] Hi all, Here are two mails T. Valkonen sent respectively to FreeBSD Ports [1] and pkgsrc [2], warning them of a license violation on his software, ion3 (x11/ion3). I'll be committing a removal of the port in 5 days if nobody wants to step up and take ownership

Re: Ion3 license and possible removal

2007-12-13 Thread Rainer Müller
Pierre Queinnec wrote: Here are two mails T. Valkonen sent respectively to FreeBSD Ports [1] and pkgsrc [2], warning them of a license violation on his software, ion3 (x11/ion3). I'll be committing a removal of the port in 5 days if nobody wants to step up and take ownership from me. Then

Re: Ion3 license and possible removal

2007-12-13 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Dec 13, 2007, at 16:13, paul beard wrote: On 12/13/07, Rainer Müller wrote: For me this sounds like a removal request... What is the problem with a version more than 28 days old? In my personal opinion ion3 with this license addition does not qualify as free software any more.