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And this is all irrelevant since the copyright applies to the software, not |
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the location you obtain it from. Nobody commits copyright infringement by |
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buying a used book from their neighbour instead of buying it at Half Price |
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Books. |
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Distribution licenses are another thing, but if the original SRC_URI from |
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the ebuild wasn't RESTICT="fetch", what makes anybody think that would |
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suddenly change with a new SRC_URI? |
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On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 11:05 AM, Ciaran McCreesh < |
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ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 03:56:38 +1200 |
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> Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o> wrote: |
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> > > >> Sir, please see my above comment about building ballistic |
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> > > >> missiles. It may be important for the Gentoo Foundation to add a |
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> > > >> disclaimer similar to the one I mentioned. I would hate for the |
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> > > >> Foundation or any of its administrators or contributors to be |
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> > > >> found guilty of aiding and abetting terrorists. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Yeah. Stop trolling, please. |
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> > > > |
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> > > |
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> > > I am being completely serious. You can find such a clause in the |
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> > > iTunes license. |
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> > > |
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> > > If it seems ridiculous please reconsider the subject in question. |
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> > I'm not sure how enforceable that clause is as a License. |
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> Until recently, there was a clause in the Nauty licence prohibiting use |
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> in "military applications". This was sufficient for the highly paid |
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> lawyers who looked at it to recommend not redistributing Nauty as part |
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> of the GAP computer algebra system, because computer algebra could |
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> conceivably be used for blowing stuff up. |
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> -- |
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> Ciaran McCreesh |
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