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On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 05:54, Erik Swanson wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 02:33, donnie berkholz wrote: |
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> > I think we should accept all the licenses by default except the ones for |
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> > which the ACCEPT_LICENSE variable originally existed (the id games ones), |
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> > since users must be forced to read and agree to those. This would keep the |
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> > change seamless for the user unless said user wishes to change things. |
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> As a user, I'd prefer if only OSI-approved licenses were accepted by |
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> default. This also seems like it'd be most in keeping with the Gentoo |
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> Social Contract. |
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As the developer whom was first bitten by the licensing issues, I would |
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have to agree. Only the "free" licenses should be accepted by default. |
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However, I also think that some form of logic and code needs to be added |
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to portage to add better support for this variable. I think that once a |
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user has accepted the license, it should be added to his list of |
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accepted licenses automatically. I understand that this isn't something |
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that would happen overnight, but it is definitely something that should |
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happen as far as I am concerned. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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Games Team |
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