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# $FreeBSD$
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# $FreeBSD$
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#	@(#)COPYRIGHT	8.2 (Berkeley) 3/21/94
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#	@(#)COPYRIGHT	8.2 (Berkeley) 3/21/94
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The compilation of software known as the FreeBSD Ports Collection is
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Most of files that compose the compilation of software known as the
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distributed under the following terms:
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FreeBSD Ports Collection is distributed under the following terms:
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Copyright (C) 1994-2017 The FreeBSD Project. All rights reserved.
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Copyright (C) 1994-2017 The FreeBSD Project. All rights reserved.
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LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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SUCH DAMAGE.
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SUCH DAMAGE.
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But there are two exceptions.
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1. Files that explicitly claim their copyright holder and/or license
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   terms in them.
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While most of ports download the source code of target application
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through network, there are some ports that keep their source code in
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ports tree. And some of such source code files contain explicit
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expression of their copyright holder and/or license conditions. In
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this case these files are distributed under the terms described in
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them.
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2. Patches obtained from upstream.
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In order to fix security vulnerabilities or other bugs, maintainer of
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ports sometimes obtains patches from source code repository of target
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application and adds them to ports tree. In this case these patch
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files are distributed under the license terms of target application.

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