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On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 09:16:19AM -0600, Matthew Kennedy wrote: |
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> Jason Stubbs <jasonbstubbs@×××××××××××.com> writes: |
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> [...] |
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> > massive amount of licenses, I suggest having reasonable defaults for |
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> > ACCEPT_LICENSES is make.defaults. |
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> > The reason for this is that the free vs non-free questioning comes up on -user |
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> > every month or two. Each time, the answer is invariably "you wont find what |
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> > you're looking for here". I would prefer to be able to say, "sure, Gentoo can |
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> > do that". And it seems if the above were implemented it would be as easy as |
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> > ACCEPT_LICENSES="-* GPL-1 GPL-2 LGPL-2 LGPL-2.1". (I'm not so familiar with |
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> > which licenses but I'm sure someone that cares would be). |
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> > As a added benefit, using something similar to the above would ensure that a |
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> > stage3 tarball would never be 'polluted'. I'm sure there would be other |
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> > benefits, too. |
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> [...] |
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> Personally, I am only interested in supporting and using free |
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> software, so... |
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> The best solution is just to remove support for anything non-free in |
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> portage and to also remove any non-free software from our mirrors. |
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> Let some other external project step up to the plate and provide a |
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> non-free overlay if they wish. This would put us in a position to be |
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> the only GNU/Linux distribution out there which is truly Free |
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> according to GNU standards (AFAIK). Wouldn't that be a great selling |
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> point? |
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No, actually, it would be the reason a lot of users return to a |
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different distribution. |
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While you and I are free software advocates, you have to keep in mind |
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what the greater user community wants and needs. I am very active in the |
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user community and I can assure you that people definitely do not want |
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to have to take extra steps to get nonfree software because a small |
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group of people decided it should be that way. They want to be able to |
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make decisions for themselves and think distributions should be there to |
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facilitate whatever they choose to do, and I agree with them. |
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I also think that if we implement ACCEPT_LICENSES, it should most |
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definitely accept all licenses (except e.g. the ID licenses) by |
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default, or at least a grouping like 'free nonfree' |
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Jon Portnoy |
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