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On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 06:50:06 -0600 |
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Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote: |
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> I've always believed that when it comes down to it all Gentoo basically does |
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> is provide a link to some source code and a script to build and install it. |
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> Unless we violate someone's license by redistributing that source then we |
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> really don't have to worry about it, and as you said we already have |
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> mechanisms to deal with that. What the user does with that source is their |
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> business, and they are solely responsible for following the terms of the |
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> license(s). IIRC this is the stance we took back in 2006 with the cdrtools |
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> debacle [1]. |
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[1] http://lwn.net/Articles/199061/ |
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Ryan Hill psn: dirtyepic_sk |
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gcc-porting/toolchain/wxwidgets @ gentoo.org |
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