ports/121670: [PATCH] Update converters/libiconv to 1.12

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:58:31 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at freebsd.org>  
wrote:

> Pav Lucistnik wrote:
>> The following reply was made to PR ports/121670; it has been noted by  
>> GNATS.
>>  From: Pav Lucistnik <pav at FreeBSD.org>
>> To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, delphij at FreeBSD.org
>> Cc:  Subject: Re: ports/121670: [PATCH] Update converters/libiconv to  
>> 1.12
>> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:43:59 +0100
>>   Licensing framework is certainly something we will need. Currently  
>> we're
>>  looking for volunteers to work on it, so...
>>   Then we will need to inspect every file in every of 18,000+ ports.
>>   IMHO we could update libiconv now and deal with licensing issues as  
>> they
>>  are discovered, but I am not a lawyer.
>
> I'm okay with that.  This would not be the first GPLv3 port in the tree  
> (see GCC 4.3).  If someone complains that their binary links to a GPLv3  
> library, we can evaluate how to proceed with that.
<snip>

Well, the GCC 4.3 is a bit different with libiconv. Our ports don't (or  
most?) use GCC 4.3 by default. It's user's decision, not by us.

Cheers,
Mezz

> Joe


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