FreeBSD Port: gb2ps-2.02

Chuck Swiger cswiger at mac.com
Fri Feb 13 08:32:29 PST 2004


Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 04:28:11PM -0500, Charles Swiger wrote:
[ ... ]
>>+RESTRICTED=    "Non-commercial use only"
> 
> Actually that should be NO_CDROM since both distfiles and packages may
> be redistributed on the FTP sites.

OK, Kris, thanks for the clarification.

The distinction between the two isn't entirely clear in the Porter's Handbook. 
  By this I mean, from .../porters-handbook/porting-restrictions.html:

> 6.2.3 RESTRICTED
> 
> Set this variable if the application's license also forbids us from
> mirroring the application's DISTFILES via FTP (or HTTP if you set it up that way.)
> 
> Also set this if the application's license has general restrictions on who
> may use it, e.g. the application is for non-commercial use only.

The last sentence very much seems to apply to this case!  :-)

-- 
-Chuck



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