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On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Alexander Berntsen |
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<bernalex@g.o> wrote: |
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> Ulrich is right. Abandonware just means orphaned works -- i.e. the |
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> copyright holder hasn't sued anyone yet. Gentoo should not have |
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> anything to do with this. |
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I agree with you and Ulrich. That was a very poor choice of word from |
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my part and not what I wanted to say. I didn't mean we should |
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distribute distfiles without consent, but back them up to a hidden |
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place while it is possible to do so. Obtaining consent to mirror |
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updates or linux specific files of a commercial game which is not |
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distributed anymore when asking politely isn't unseen, because often |
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the editor or publisher doesn't care any longer. If you don't backup |
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the files first there is little chance you will get them from the |
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editor exactly because they don't care. |
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Denis. |
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