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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New license: Adaptec
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:57:43
Message-Id: CAGfcS_ktxuF6NCK=6taXSL96Bnx0niGzo9wwvsftN7T8ZZ2eVg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] New license: Adaptec by Alex Xu
1 On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Alex Xu <alex_y_xu@×××××.ca> wrote:
2 > 1. The license expressly forbids redistribution, so RESTRICT=mirror is
3 > mandatory. RESTRICT=fetch may be required, but I haven't read it that
4 > carefully.
5
6 RESTRICT=fetch generally has nothing to do with what is written in the
7 license, and everything to do with whether a stable URL exists for the
8 distfiles. Gentoo does not need a license to publish a URL.
9
10 Rich