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On Sunday 23 November 2003 08:43, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: |
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> That's what most of the responces have pointed out - Gentoo's currrent |
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> philosophy is to give us all choice to run what we need or desire. |
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> Unfortunately some people felt we should not have that choice and wanted to |
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> dump any package that did not meet their approval as free, open, whatever |
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> out of portage and anyone who wants those packages had to go find them |
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> himself. Not real tolerant. Gentoo's setup is fine for all and tolerates |
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> each side - why change it? |
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Because you are still looking at it from two sides. Stop proliferating this |
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"us & them" theme so aggressively. My motivation for the change is that it |
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addresses several needs. I'll illustrate: |
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1) The person who only wants to run FSF approved software can ensure that he |
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does. |
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2) The person who only is able to legally run free-for-noncommercial-user |
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software can ensure he does. |
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3) The inquisitive person (me) who wants to know all the licenses they are |
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implicitly agreeing to can find out easily. |
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There are many needs and issues to do with licensing other than the "us & |
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them" that most cannot see beyond. |
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Jason |
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