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>That is a terrible argument - patent violating ebuilds. The ebuilds are |
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>not the applications, just the instructions on how to download, compile |
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>and install on to a Gentoo system. So even if the ebuilds provide |
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>instructions on how to download them, I really don't think anyone could |
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>argue you infringed any patent until you downloaded, installed and used |
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>the application. |
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ebuilds that may have *potential* patent violation. -- Even clearer, |
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ebuilds that install patent infrinding software. |
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In anycase, what I mean is ebuilds like those that (optionally) fetch w32codecs |
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are downloaded by default along side new versions of the installed |
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ebuilds -- then the collected data cannot be used against anyone but |
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still be useful for general analysis and takes a load of the rsync |
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mirrors. |
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I wasnt serious about the suggestion either way though, hense the |
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smiley, so relax! |
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