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From: Kacper Kowalik <xarthisius@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Are we allowed to provide valid SRC_URI for fetch restricted packages?
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:34:44
Message-Id: 4F4A18B5.7020001@gentoo.org
1 Hi all,
2 I've been asked by a user to remove valid SRC_URI for a package that has
3 RESTRICT="fetch". The package in question requires you to go to
4 upstream's webpage, sign license agreement and then you're fed with
5 download link. User argues that by giving people valid download link
6 hardcoded in ebuild we may encourage them to bypass the registration
7 step[1] and that may pose a legal threat. Can anyone more law-aware
8 comment on that?
9 TIA!
10 Kacper
11
12 [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=405803#c0

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