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On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:25:34 +1000 |
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"Sam Jorna (wraeth)" <wraeth@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 09/08/17 10:43, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> > Also your redistributing another's package |
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> > in binary format which may not be legally allowed. |
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> Just to clarify, I wasn't suggesting redistributing license-encumbered |
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> packages. Since binary packages are managed by the system |
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> administrator, not Gentoo (as a distro), it remains with the |
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> administrator to adhere to any relevant license restrictions. Plus |
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> the package manager can't tell if you're distributing binaries or not. |
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Sure, I was just pointing out that there maybe legal needs to prevent |
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such. Unless someone wants to circumvent. Their call but not default. |
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The package manager knows about fetch restricted ebuilds. It should |
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not to re-package that stuff. IMHO |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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