mail/imaptools: port removal at Monday April 9th
Chris Rees
crees at freebsd.org
Sat Apr 7 20:28:55 UTC 2012
On 7 April 2012 19:58, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Boris Samorodov <bsam at passap.ru> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Beware (I've got an e-mail from the author):
>> 1. This is (1.135) the last free version of imaptools.
>> 2. The author's intention is to release a new version with a modest fee.
>> 3. All users who already get a copy of the program
>> may use it without restrictions.
>> 4. Further redistribution of already released versions will be forbidden.
>> 5. The port should be removed from the portstree.
>> 6. The dead line is Monday April 9th.
>>
> Looks like the author has pulled the sources from his site and
> replaced it with an archive that only contains 1 file. That file says
> that the tools are no longer free.
Well, whatever he says, he can't revoke the license of what's already
been distributed.
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