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On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 16:04:34 +0000 |
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Luke-Jr <luke-jr@g.o> wrote: |
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> This is a bad default, as many users will *not* accept non-free |
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> licenses. I still think the best default (if we need a default at all) |
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> would be the minimal required for a stage3. |
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Can we get some statistical data on this? I hear people swear both ways |
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that either "more people use only free software" or "more people use any |
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licensed" software. |
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My $0.02 is that if this gets implemented, it should be put in so that the |
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default behavior is like portage is now, and if you choose to restrict |
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yourself to only free software or other licensing scheme, you can make the |
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necessary changes yourself. Otherwise you will have a ton of users asking |
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"why can't i emerge package foo?", or filing bugs because of this, etc. |
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>From a support perspective, if this gets implemented, I'm forwarding all |
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of these questions, bugs, etc to the "free and only free" software folks. |
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Please dont' take away one "freedom" for another. |
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Cheers, |
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Jason Wever |
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Gentoo/Sparc Team Co-Lead |
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