On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:35:03 -0600 Ted Roby <ted.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > All of the above means you only have two choices: > > > > A.) Contact the rights holder and convince them to change the > > license. > > B.) Maintain a port on your own, posting your updates to > > ports@, and do *NOT* expect (or ask for) it to be added to the > > OpenBSD ports tree. > > > > > What about a completely unrelated project? > I do not understand your question. > If I have clean licensing on everything, can > I then ask for addition to the tree? > Of course you can ask, and if the port is both well done and well tested, then someone else might have enough interest to take the time to commit it. But of course, there are no guarantees. You'll never know if something is useful or interesting to others until you say, "Here's what I brought to the party." > Or should I just neatly post to ports@ and see what happens? > Assuming a good port without caustic licensing, whether a port only lives on the ports@ list archives or lives in the official project ports tree, is highly subjective. You've showed up at a party where people are having fun. You were told drinks and snacks can be found in both the refrigerator and in the ice chests on the porch. --Does it really matter if someone "important" like the host of the party decides to move your favorite beverage or snack from the ice chest to the fridge? Do you think you'd look like an ass if you *INSISTED* that the host of the part spend his free time moving your favorite drinks or snacks from the icebox to the fridge? If you fail to maintain and support your supposedly "favorite" whatever after it's been moved into the fridge, we'll eventually have yet another moldy "OpenBSD Culture" rotting in the fridge. The very same kind folks who wasted their time putting it in the fridge for you, will now need to waste more time removing the crud. -jcr
