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On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 12:50, CJ Kucera wrote: |
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> Well, I'm probably just not nuanced enough with this kind of licensing |
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> mess, but so long as Gentoo isn't providing the actual code for 4.4, |
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> compiled or otherwise, I'm afraid I just don't see the problem. Yes, |
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> somebody could use an XFree 4.4 ebuild, link some other programs against |
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> it, and then be violating the GPL, but I don't see how that's any |
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> different from someone merely installing XFree 4.4 themselves, or |
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> creating their own ebuild for 4.4, and doing the same. |
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> One of the things I've always liked about Gentoo is that since it |
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> rarely actually *distributes* software, it's just providing instructions |
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> on how to get the software up and running. You may be providing some |
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> GPL driver that *can* be linked against 4.4, but it wouldn't be violating |
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> the GPL itself. |
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Perhaps you failed to notice our mirroring system. =) |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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