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>>>>> On Sat, 26 Jan 2019, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: |
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> No, the impact is considerable. As I pointed out in the previous |
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> discussion[1], it will require a deblobbed kernel among other things, |
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> a different approach to handling sourceless binaries under a free |
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> license (ulm suggested a no-source-code tag), and no small effort in |
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> educating users. |
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This particular point has been addressed in the meantime. We have a |
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"no-source-code" license label which can be used alongside (e.g.) BSD |
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for binary-only packages. |
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> That said, I'm all for it. Gentoo should make users acknowledge when |
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> they install proprietary software. |
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> [1] |
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> https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/message/d2196de6a6c8285bfa9c1b789ef88dae |
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