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> > And there are also some packages like cedega, which you must even |
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> > dowload by torrent :P |
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> After you have subscribed (which is the real reason for the fetch |
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> restriction)? |
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> It's only a <10MB rpm/deb/tgz, why would you have to download it by |
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> torrent? |
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> In that particular case, Cedega is a commercial application, and only |
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> subscribers (paying customers) may access the download link. Therefore |
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> you are required to manually download the binary to |
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> /usr/portage/distfiles, where Gentoo can then install it. |
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> It's really just a super-set of the same issue, you have to in some way |
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> authenticate yourself before you may have the program; in sun and ibm's |
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> case, that authentication involves accepting the license, in the case of |
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> Transgaming, it involves paying money to subscribe. But it's the same |
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> thing; the developer wants to know/specify who has access to their work, |
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> and they enforce that. Gentoo respects that enforcement. |
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Yeah i know that. It was rather a joke about how 'hard' is to install apps in |
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gentoo :] And torrent part was about how 'hard' is to install cedega without |
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subscription :] |
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While writing this i thought about smth: cannot displaying licenses be |
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implemented in emerge? If you want to progress(fetch the file) you must |
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accept displayed license. Maybe sun will be happy with that... |
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Best Regards, |
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Peper |
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