Patents are a complicated topic, and their regulation varies depending on
jurisdiction. Patents are not necessarily related to the license and so should not be connected to the license framework. As a project we will officially remove all patent limitations within the ports tree and leave it to the user or consumer to deal with their local legislation to determine if they can use the software without legal restrictions. Approved by: core
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@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ in the release notes and/or placed into UPDATING.
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All ports committers are allowed to commit to this file.
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20201110:
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AUTHOR: bapt@FreeBSD.org
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Patents are a complicated topic, and their regulation varies depending on
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jurisdiction. Patents are not necessarily related to the license and so
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should not be connected to the license framework.
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Patent limitations within the ports tree have been removed and left to the
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user or consumer to deal with their local legislation to determine if they
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can use the software without legal restrictions.
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20201022:
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AUTHOR: bapt@FreeBSD.org
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@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ baudline_* audio/baudline No redistribution allowed
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BCWipe-* security/bcwipe Non-commercial distribution and use only
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bicom* archivers/bicom Contact author personally regarding commercial use
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Browser*.tar.gz net/ldapbrowser No reply from author regarding redistribution licensing
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bzip-* archivers/bzip Some algorithms used may infringe certain US patents. Opinions differ. Commercial use could render you liable to unfriendly legal action
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citrix_ica-* net/citrix_ica License prohibits redistribution
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arcconf-v* sysutils/arcconf May not be redistributed in binary form
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cloudflare-cloudflared* net/cloudflared Not sure if we are allowed to redistribute it.
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@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ komodo-* editors/komodo-edit Distribution not permitted
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kzip-* archivers/kzip License does not allow redistribution
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l0phtcrack/* security/l0phtcrack Parts are under GPL, so binaries should not be distributed. Contains crypto code from OpenSSL
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ladder.tar games/ladder Possible copyright problems
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lame* audio/lame patent issues, see http://www.mp3licensing.com/
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lha-1.14i-ac* archivers/lha-ac No redistribution allowed
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libaacplus-* audio/libaacplus Unclear legal status
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libamrnb/26104-*.zip audio/libamrnb unclear legal status, probably need licenses from 3GPP and more
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@ -173,7 +171,6 @@ serialmail-* mail/serialmail No license -- see http://cr.yp.to/softwarelaw.htm
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serious.sam* games/linux-ssamtfe Redistribution limited
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serious.sam* games/linux-ssamtse Redistribution limited
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sharefonts-* x11-fonts/sharefonts Shareware: cannot be distributed without prior authorization
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sid-milter-* mail/sid-milter May incorporate intellectual property, possible patent issues
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simian-* devel/simian Have to agree to license before download
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STonX-* emulators/stonx Contains ROM (C) by Atari
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stuffit* archivers/stuffit Only unmodified original package can be distributed
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@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ COMMENT= Block-sorting file compressor
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LICENSE= GPLv2
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LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
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RESTRICTED= may be covered by patents
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USE_CSTD= gnu89
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PLIST_FILES= bin/bzip bin/bunzip \
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@ -10,16 +10,8 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME:tl}/${PORTNAME:tl}/3.100
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MAINTAINER= netchild@FreeBSD.org
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COMMENT= Fast MP3 encoder kit
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LICENSE= LGPL20+ PATENTS
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LICENSE_COMB= multi
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LICENSE_NAME_PATENTS= Intellectual Property Precaution
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LICENSE_FILE_LGPL20+ = ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
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LICENSE_FILE_PATENTS= ${FILESDIR}/lame_patents.txt
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LICENSE_PERMS_PATENTS= dist-mirror dist-sell no-pkg-mirror no-pkg-sell auto-accept
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# The reason for "no-pkg" was discussed with core:
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# Core feels that the risk versus any potential benefit is not in the
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# project's best interest and we should continue to not package
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# audio/lame.
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LICENSE= LGPL20+
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LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
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USES= iconv libtool
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USE_LDCONFIG= yes
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@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
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# $FreeBSD$
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Intellectual Property Precaution
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Verious sources explain that the MP3 patents are expired. Various
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linux distributions provide precompiled LAME packages for download
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since then.
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Most sources, (e.g. http://www.mp3licensing.com/) only talk about
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the FhG and Technicolor patent portfolio, but there are also
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portfolios from Sisvel (from Philips) and Nokia (from AT&T -> Lucent
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-> Alcatel).
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Some "old" patents are now expired, but there are more recent MP3
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patents. Some of the more recent ones are e.g. multi-channel related.
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Multi-channel (>2 channels) is not implemented in LAME, but this
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doesn't mean that there are other patents which could match what
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is implemented in LAME.
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There was no investigation (in the LAME project) about which patent
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exists, which one is implemented in LAME, and which one is not (yet)
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expired. As such it is not known if LAME could now be distributed
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as a binary package or not.
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Linux distributions seem to go the "let's see if get sued" way,
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FreeBSD does not follow this.
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@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ MAINTAINER= brnrd@FreeBSD.org
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COMMENT?= Multithreaded SQL database (server)
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LICENSE= GPLv2
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LICENSE_NAME_PerconaFT= PerconaFT patents license
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LICENSE_FILE_PerconaFT= ${WRKSRC}/storage/tokudb/PerconaFT/PATENTS
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LICENSE_PERMS_PerconaFT= dist-mirror dist-sell pkg-mirror pkg-sell auto-accept
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LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
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SUB_FILES= pkg-message
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PKGMESSAGE= ${WRKDIR}/pkg-message
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@ -151,7 +149,6 @@ SNAPPY_CMAKE_OFF= -DWITH_INNODB_SNAPPY=OFF -DWITH_ROCKSDB_snappy=OFF
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SNAPPY_LIB_DEPENDS= libsnappy.so:archivers/snappy
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TOKUDB_IMPLIES= SNAPPY
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TOKUDB_PORTDOCS= README.md
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TOKUDB_VARS= LICENSE+=PerconaFT LICENSE_COMB=multi
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WSREP_CMAKE_BOOL= WITH_WSREP
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WSREP_LIB_DEPENDS= libgalera.so:databases/galera
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WSREP_RUN_DEPENDS= bash:shells/bash \
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@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ COMMENT?= Multithreaded SQL database (server)
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LICENSE= GPLv2
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LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
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LICENSE_NAME_PerconaFT= PerconaFT patents license
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LICENSE_FILE_PerconaFT= ${WRKSRC}/storage/tokudb/PerconaFT/PATENTS
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LICENSE_PERMS_PerconaFT= dist-mirror dist-sell pkg-mirror pkg-sell auto-accept
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BROKEN_i386= compile error: undeclared identifier 'my_atomic_add32'
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SNAPPY_LIB_DEPENDS= libsnappy.so:archivers/snappy
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TOKUDB_IMPLIES= SNAPPY
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TOKUDB_PORTDOCS= README.md
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TOKUDB_VARS= LICENSE+=PerconaFT LICENSE_COMB=multi
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WSREP_CMAKE_BOOL= WITH_WSREP
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WSREP_LIB_DEPENDS= libgalera.so:databases/galera26
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WSREP_RUN_DEPENDS= bash:shells/bash \
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@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ LIB_DEPENDS= libtiff.so:graphics/tiff \
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libpng.so:graphics/png \
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libpano13.so:graphics/libpano13
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RESTRICTED= May be covered by patents
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CONFLICTS= autopano-sift-[0-9]*
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USE_GNOME= libxml2
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@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/SenderID%20Milter/${PORTVERSION}
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MAINTAINER= dinoex@FreeBSD.org
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COMMENT= Milter module for sid and spf
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RESTRICTED= May incorporate intellectual property, possible patent issues
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USES= groff
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# on FreeBSD 11 optimized code fails with 'MalformedDomain'
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CFLAGS:= ${CFLAGS:S/-O2//g}
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MAINTAINER= samm@FreeBSD.org
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COMMENT= Utilities to create, check, label and dump exFAT filesystem
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LICENSE= GPLv2+ MSPAT
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LICENSE_COMB= multi
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LICENSE_NAME_MSPAT= Microsoft exFAT Patent License
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LICENSE_TEXT_MSPAT= It is important to note that open source and other publicly \
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available implementations of exFAT do not include a patent \
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license from Microsoft. A license is required in order to \
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implement exFAT and use it in a product or device. \
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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/mtl/exfat-licensing.aspx
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LICENSE_FILE_GPLv2+ = ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
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LICENSE_PERMS_MSPAT= no-dist-mirror no-dist-sell no-pkg-mirror no-pkg-sell
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LICENSE= GPLv2+
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LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
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LIB_DEPENDS= libublio.so:devel/libublio
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MAINTAINER= samm@FreeBSD.org
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COMMENT= Full-featured exFAT FS implementation as a FUSE module
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LICENSE= GPLv2+ MSPAT
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LICENSE_COMB= multi
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LICENSE_NAME_MSPAT= Microsoft exFAT Patent License
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LICENSE_TEXT_MSPAT= It is important to note that open source and other publicly \
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available implementations of exFAT do not include a patent \
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license from Microsoft. A license is required in order to \
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implement exFAT and use it in a product or device. \
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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/mtl/exfat-licensing.aspx
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LICENSE_FILE_GPLv2+ = ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
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LICENSE_PERMS_MSPAT= no-dist-mirror no-dist-sell no-pkg-mirror no-pkg-sell
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LICENSE= GPLv2+
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LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
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LIB_DEPENDS= libublio.so:devel/libublio
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