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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: ion license
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 22:44:43
Message-Id: 46464267.4070104@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: ion license by "Jan Kundrát"
1 Jan Kundrát wrote:
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 Perhaps "atom," an uncharged single ion. =)
14
15 Thanks,
16 Donnie

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: ion license Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>