1 |
I think i also wrote something about the difference between |
2 |
liceses which restrict using and those which restrict |
3 |
distribution. |
4 |
|
5 |
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 09:18:35AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote: |
6 |
> Christian Birchinger wrote: |
7 |
> |
8 |
> > It might sound a bit rude but i think the defaults should be |
9 |
> > defined that most of the time only zealots need to tweak |
10 |
> > them. I think most users don't care about most licenses and |
11 |
> > shouldn't need to mess with this. |
12 |
> |
13 |
> I've seen several people express this attitude, and I like it a lot. |
14 |
> |
15 |
> Let me tell you about my retirement plan. I'm going to write a game, |
16 |
> Linux-only, make it good enough that a few hundred of you will emerge |
17 |
> it and try it out. Then I'll change the license agreement so that |
18 |
> next time you emerge the game you'll owe me $1million US. Since |
19 |
> you all have ACCEPT_LICENSES="*" as the default, you'll all accept my |
20 |
> new license, I'll take you all to court (after subpoenaing apache logs |
21 |
> from all the mirrors so I know who you are, and subpoenaing your |
22 |
> make.conf and make.globals to prove you accepted the license), and sue |
23 |
> you for my license fee. If I can recover 1% of what you'll all owe |
24 |
> me, I'll be happy enough. |
25 |
> |
26 |
> Okay, that's NOT REALLY my plan. I'm at least slightly ethical. (-: |
27 |
> But it illustrates why you don't under any circumstances want |
28 |
> ACCEPT_LICENSES="*", either as the default or as an option. Accepting |
29 |
> a license has consequences, and those consequences can hurt you.* I'd |
30 |
> recommend against letting the parser recognize a wildcard for licenses |
31 |
> -- there's just too much danger for people who don't know any better |
32 |
> to hurt themselves. |
33 |
> |
34 |
> That's my opinion. It's worth what you paid for it. |
35 |
|
36 |
-- |
37 |
gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list |