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From: Jakub Moc <jakub@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: ion license
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 22:45:49
Message-Id: 46464288.9060807@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: ion license by "Jan Kundrát"
1 Jan Kundrát napsal(a):
2 > Matti Bickel wrote:
3 >> It's main additions are a "timely response clause", which
4 >> requires us to get the same keywords for a newly released version as the
5 >> previous had within 28 days. Another point is the "no patches" clause,
6 >> which prohibits distributions from carrying a "significantly modified"
7 >> ion-3 release under the ion name.
8 >
9 > So just rename the package to something that "clearly illustrates that
10 > this isn't teh upstream Ion anymore!!!111one" and be done with that. If
11 > users complain, ask them to talk to Tuomo Valkonen.
12 >
13 > Cheers,
14 > -jkt
15 >
16
17 Well, one could ask why we should provide ebuild for stuff that has
18 apparently insane upstream, instead of just dropping such junk until the
19 upstream guy realizes that the world doesn't spin around him.
20
21
22 --
23 Best regards,
24
25 Jakub Moc
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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: ion license Peter Gordon <codergeek42@g.o>