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On Wednesday 26 November 2003 19:18, Bob Miller wrote: |
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> But it illustrates why you don't under any circumstances want |
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> ACCEPT_LICENSES="*", either as the default or as an option. Accepting |
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> a license has consequences, and those consequences can hurt you.* I'd |
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> recommend against letting the parser recognize a wildcard for licenses |
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> -- there's just too much danger for people who don't know any better |
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> to hurt themselves. |
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While I see your point and agree to some extent with what you're saying, there |
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are cases where I can imagine it needed. Considering the dubious legal |
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stance of shrink-wrap licences, and combining that with the fact that I'm not |
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living in the States or a US citizen, makes me rather less concerned about |
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this issue. |
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If the wildcarding of licences aren't allowed, at least put a switch in |
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make.conf to disable the licence code altogether. Otherwise I'll just patch |
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it out of portage on my machines. |
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But I guess with the modular approach of next-gen portage, that will be |
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elementary. |
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Dewet |
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Dewet Diener <gentoo@×××××.org> http://dewet.org |
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Professional Student, avid Gentoo user :) |
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