Re: Mtr prob request

Not to mention, the main mistake of mine is to have accepted to install
a package to make stuff like traceroute (already included in the base) does. 


-- Daniele Bonini

Feb 28, 2023 09:16:25 Daniele B. <my25mb@aol.com>:

> Janne Johansson <icepic.dz@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Really simple actually, www.openbsd.org/goals.html , point #2
>>
>> * "Integrate good code from any source with acceptable licenses... the GPL is not acceptable
>> when adding new code"
>> and the mtr ports Makefile:
>> https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/net/mtr/Makefile?annotate=1.75
>> line 10 or so,
>> # GPLv2+
>>
>> So this is why it would not be considered, even if someone wanted it in base.
>>
>> It is not a goal in itself to move stuff from ports to base.
>
> Thanks for the extended explanation too.
>
> This remind me two important stuff. The first is to not trust 100% software just because is
> the ports/packages and this should be enough worrisome. Second do not accept 3rd party
> requests to install packages that could compromise your system although source of requests
> appears "100%" clean.
>
>
>
>
> -- Daniele Bonini
>
> Feb 28, 2023 08:24:19 Janne Johansson <icepic.dz@gmail.com>:
>
>> Den mån 27 feb. 2023 kl 16:22 skrev Daniele B. <my25mb@aol.com>:
>>> Janne Johansson <icepic.dz@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> It has been in ports/packages since 1999, it will stay there.
>>>
>>> Ok, thanks for the update.
>>
>> Really simple actually, www.openbsd.org/goals.html , point #2
>>
>> * "Integrate good code from any source with acceptable licenses. ISC
>> or Berkeley style licences are preferred, the GPL is not acceptable
>> when adding new code"
>> (where "any source" doesn't mean "take any random program you find"
>> but rather "do not place external values on the source of a program we
>> decided we want to integrate")
>>
>> and the mtr ports Makefile:
>> https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/net/mtr/Makefile?annotate=1.75
>> line 10 or so,
>> # GPLv2+
>>
>> So this is why it would not be considered, even if someone wanted it in base.
>>
>> It is not a goal in itself to move stuff from ports to base.
>>
>> --
>> May the most significant bit of your life be positive.