mail/imaptools: port removal at Monday April 9th

[Julian H. Stacey]

> From:		Chris Rees <crees at freebsd.org> 
> 
> Well, whatever he says, he can't revoke the license of what's already
> been distributed.
> 
> ############################################################################
> # Copyright (c) 2008 Rick Sanders <rfs9999 at earthlink.net>                  #
> #                                                                          #
> # Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any    #
> # purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above   #
> # copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.        #

...

Exactly !


> From: Mark Linimon <linimon at lonesome.com>

> portmgr's policy is to honor removal requests, no matter the circumstances.
................................................ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


Irresponsible.  Real 'Managers' shoulder responsibility.  So ...

In /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk, define a warning variable after
NO_CDROM, NO_PACKAGE, [ RESTRICTED_FILES ], with example:

  WARNING+="Generic author tried to retrospectively withdraw sources."
  #	Maintainer suggest see files/... & http://...

Allow individual ports Maintainers to indicate status of issues.
Allow individual installers to decide their Own take on issues, Not Yours !

- Ports wrappers belong to FreeBSD, not generic authors.
- Sources once published can't be unpublished.
  (IMO No need of a new project & port name to excuse retention).
- Distfiles if not on freebsd.org site are not even our problem.

portmgr should retain respect by dumping a foolish policy.  sticking
to technical & avoiding programmers guesses & fears about laws, or
assumptions USA law controls global law or whatever else. Stay
technical.  The globe has 196 countries with their own legal
jurisdictions, individual installers should be able to make their
own decision on law & risks & morality as localy appropriate.

Cheers,
Julian
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