[MacPorts] #25914: truecrypt 7.0 request to add port

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#25914: truecrypt 7.0 request to add port
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 Reporter:  nonstop.server@…          |       Owner:  l2g@…           
     Type:  request                   |      Status:  assigned        
 Priority:  Normal                    |   Milestone:                  
Component:  ports                     |     Version:                  
 Keywords:  crypto security           |        Port:  truecrypt       
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Changes (by dports@…):

 * cc: dports@… (added)


Comment:

 I would tread very carefully here. TrueCrypt is distributed under a
 questionable license. It's previously been described as
 [http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/distributions/2008-October/000273.html
 truly horrifying]
 ([http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/distributions/2008-October/000276.html
 more details]). Note that that was a previous version of the license; it's
 been revised since then and may be less objectionable.

 But we will need to take a close look at it to see if we can mirror the
 distfile and/or distribute binaries. Normally, not being able to do either
 wouldn't be a showstopper, but it might be a more serious problem here
 since we're talking about needing to set up a distfile mirror just to
 download the thing.

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