svn commit: r501789 - in head: . lang lang/clips

[Adam Weinberger]

> On May 18, 2019, at 13:03, Jan Beich <jbeich at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> Adam Weinberger <adamw at adamw.org> writes:
> 
>>> On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 4:28 AM Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 01:56:17PM +0000, Wen Heping wrote:
>>>> New Revision: 501789
>>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/501789
>>>> 
>>>> Log:
>>>>  - Re-add lang/clips
>>>> 
>>>> Modified: head/lang/clips/Makefile
>>>> ==============================================================================
>>>> --- head/lang/clips/Makefile  Mon May  2 14:05:45 2011        (r273478)
>>>> +++ head/lang/clips/Makefile  Thu May 16 13:56:16 2019        (r501789)
>>>> @@ -1,40 +1,32 @@
>>>> -# New ports collection makefile for:   clips
>>>> -# Date created:        8 July 2001
>>>> -# Whom:                Douglas Anestad <yotta at dougdidit.com>
>>> 
>>> It would probably be more polite to retain original port author (as
>>> Created by), unless you've asked him and he agreed for his credit line
>>> to be dropped.
>> 
>> Alexey is right, but it's not just polite. It is policy. That "Created
>> by" line must not be removed unless the original author agrees to it.
>> Please, add it back when you have a chance.
> 
> "Created by" is not documented anywhere after it was dropped[1] from
> Porter's Handbook years ago. According to the original discussion[2]
> there was no strong agreement to keep the line even then. And when
> portmgr@ made the decision[3] it didn't consult a lawyer in order
> to establish how much consent is required.
> 
> How such a policy is different from a cargo cult?
> 
> [1] https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/50149
> [2] https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2012-August/077801.html
> [3] https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2012-September/078319.html

I’m not getting dragged into this game again. What I said earlier is our policy, and has been for years. 

# Adam


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