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Re: DJB slashpackage

To: Nick Holland <nick@holland-consulting.net>
Subject: Re: DJB slashpackage
From: Christopher Linn <celinn@mtu.edu>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 12:31:01 -0400
Cc: ports@openbsd.org
In-reply-to: <3B6E1F5A.D71F0B94@holland-consulting.net>; from nick@holland-consulting.net on Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 12:38:50AM -0400
References: <Pine.BSO.4.21.0108041248030.21548-100000@sinus.sentia> <3B6E1F5A.D71F0B94@holland-consulting.net>
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On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 12:38:50AM -0400, Nick Holland wrote:
[...]
> In addition, DJB has also very recently demonstrated that he has zero
> interest in people using ports:
> > ``The port'' is unauthorized and unsupported. It does not correctly
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> > install daemontools. Remove it, and do the installation properly:
> >    http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/install.html
> > 
> > Then complain to the author of ``the port.''
> (thread subject: "svscan will not start at boot - FreeBSD."
> Aug. 1, 2001, dns@list.cr.yp.to)


in the light of recent events regarding licensing issues etc,
perhaps this is a good reason to drop all DJBware from the ports..

just my $0.02US

chris

p.s.  i do not and never have used any DJBware, but i feel the license
      issue is definitely worth pointing out.

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