Re: [gentoo-project] changing the default of ACCEPT_LICENSE in portage

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Wed, 31 Jul 2013, Rich Freeman wrote:

> To be constructive, I think I'll try building a desktop in a VM and
> just see what the day-to-day impact of your proposal actually is.
> Nvidia drivers really only come to mind as the biggest stumbling block
> for most - the days of proprietary codecs and such are mostly behind
> us I think.  Those who oppose the change might point out specific
> "killer apps" that this gets in the way of.

I'm using ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE" since several months now, without
problems. There are about 25 packages that I accept in addition in my
package.license, though nothing essential (more "nice to have" stuff
like games or fonts). And in the case of my laptop, also some
firmware.

Ulrich