Ion3 license and possible removal

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Dec 13, 2007, at 16:13, paul beard wrote:

> On 12/13/07, Rainer Müller wrote:
>
>> For me this sounds like a removal request... What is the problem  
>> with a
>> version more than 28 days old? In my personal opinion ion3 with this
>> license addition does not qualify as free software any more.  
>> Definitely
>> remove it.
>>>
>>
>
> Wow, from that thread, I would have to agree. for those not  
> inclined to read through the flamethread, FreeBSD is in a ports  
> freeze, where updates and changes are verboten, unless they are to  
> fix an issue like a segfault or the like: these often last a month,  
> and that would span the 28 days.
>
> Never heard of ion3 before today, and I guess I won't miss it.

Yeah, that's a pretty fantastic thread on the FreeBSD list there. The  
software has been removed from FreeBSD and will not be added back in:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2007-December/ 
045576.html

MacPorts should probably remove it too, though I'd suggest leaving  
the portfile with a message in it that the software is not available  
through MacPorts and must be installed by hand, explaining why. Just  
to prevent someone from inadvertently adding it back in later. The  
message could perhaps also indicate other alternatives that are still  
available through MacPorts, if we thought that was appropriate. The  
port revision should be incremented, and users should see the message  
upon upgrading. I would want to ensure that any existing users of the  
port are made aware that it is gone; otherwise they would retain the  
old version forever, which the software author surely does not want.