PR/37964 CVS commit: pkgsrc

[Amitai Schlair <schmonz%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/37964; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Amitai Schlair <schmonz%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%gnats.NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: PR/37964 CVS commit: pkgsrc
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:59:05 +0000 (UTC)

 Module Name:   pkgsrc
 Committed By:  schmonz
 Date:          Tue Feb 19 13:59:05 UTC 2008
 
 Modified Files:
        pkgsrc/mail/qmail: Makefile
        pkgsrc/net/djbdns: Makefile
        pkgsrc/net/ucspi-tcp: Makefile
        pkgsrc/sysutils/daemontools: Makefile
 
 Log Message:
 DJB has placed certain of his software in the public domain. Excerpted
 from <URL:http://cr.yp.to/distributors.html>:
 
   What are the distribution terms for daemontools?
 
   2007.12.28: I hereby place the daemontools package (in particular,
   daemontools-0.76.tar.gz, with MD5 checksum
   1871af2453d6e464034968a0fbcb2bfc) into the public domain. The
   package is no longer copyrighted.
 
   What are the distribution terms for djbdns?
 
   2007.12.28: I hereby place the djbdns package (in particular,
   djbdns-1.05.tar.gz, with MD5 checksum 3147c5cd56832aa3b41955c7a51cbeb2)
   into the public domain. The package is no longer copyrighted.
 
   What are the distribution terms for ucspi-tcp?
 
   2007.12.28: I hereby place the ucspi-tcp package (in particular,
   ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz, with MD5 checksum
   39b619147db54687c4a583a7a94c9163) into the public domain. The
   package is no longer copyrighted.
 
   Am I free to modify uncopyrighted packages and distribute modified
   versions?
 
   Yes. But this does not mean that modifications are _encouraged_!
 
 And from <URL:http://cr.yp.to/qmail/dist.html>:
 
   I hereby place the qmail package (in particular, qmail-1.03.tar.gz,
   with MD5 checksum 622f65f982e380dbe86e6574f3abcb7c) into the
   public domain. You are free to modify the package, distribute
   modified versions, etc.
 
   This does not mean that modifications are encouraged!
 
 pkgsrc will strive, as it has, to keep modifications to a tasteful
 minimum. This addresses PR pkg/37964 by Aleksej Saushev.
 
 
 To generate a diff of this commit:
 cvs rdiff -r1.55 -r1.56 pkgsrc/mail/qmail/Makefile
 cvs rdiff -r1.53 -r1.54 pkgsrc/net/djbdns/Makefile
 cvs rdiff -r1.32 -r1.33 pkgsrc/net/ucspi-tcp/Makefile
 cvs rdiff -r1.29 -r1.30 pkgsrc/sysutils/daemontools/Makefile
 
 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
 copyright notices on the relevant files.