Re: graphics/glut license (WAS: CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: ports)

[Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>]

Thanks for taking the correct action.

Under copyright law (which is automatic even if the author does not
make a declaration), the author retains the rights.  We cannot
distribute such things.

I wish that people reacting to the evil in the GPL would at least
pay a bit more attention, and properly react, by properly making
their things free.

That means make it public domain (revoke all rights) or do the
BSD/ISC-like thing of "revoking all rights but to be known as the
author".

> Peter Valchev said:
> > 	graphics/glut  : Makefile
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> > Log message:
> > mark bad/incomplete/missing licenses as such.
> > most work by nikolay, comments from naddy
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> In light of this I contacted the author of GLUT.  This is the only reply I
> got:
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> > GLUT has a quite liberal (and brief) license.  It bears no "GNU
> > philosophical burden".  If you can make money off GLUT, more power to you.
> >
> > Of course you can modify GLUT.  If you modify it in a way that would cause
> > an incompatibility, I'd ask that you name the resulting shared library or
> > DLL something different to avoid confusion for end-users.
> 
> When I pointed out that there was no explicit allowance to modify (and
> showed him the OpenBSD template license) I got no reply.  Thanks to
> pvalchev, nikolay, and naddy for finding this.  I guess this port will
> just have to stay marked with "incomplete license" for now.  Thanks again.
> 
> -dan
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