On 6/2/19 2:59 AM, Ike Devolder wrote: > On Sat, 2019-06-01 at 22:11 -0400, Eli Schwartz via arch-dev-public > wrote: >> On 6/1/19 5:43 PM, Allan McRae via arch-dev-public wrote: >>> On 2/6/19 1:53 am, Ike Devolder via arch-dev-public wrote: >>>> On Sat, 2019-06-01 at 21:30 +1000, Allan McRae wrote: >>>>> You don't seem to >>>>> explain why you need to ask in your email. >>>> >>>> Because it is proprietary and I explain that now there is a valid >>>> reason compared to 3 years ago where there was practically no >>>> difference between vivaldi, chromium and opera. >>>> >>> >>> Does the license allow us to have it in the repos? After a quick >>> look, >>> I'd say no. >> >> The license for the AUR package appears to be somehow extracted using >> /usr/bin/strings from one of the binary files in the software >> download. >> >> Assuming it's the same as the one here: >> https://vivaldi.com/privacy/vivaldi-end-user-license-agreement/ >> >> It's absolutely illegal to redistribute it. As per the pinned comment >> on >> the AUR package, it is also available and illegally redistributed as >> a >> repackaged pacman package here: https://repo.herecura.eu/ >> This should probably be removed too. >> >> Note: there are other proprietary packages shipped in the Arch repos, >> but on the unusual occasion where we deem it fitting to provide such >> software, we have written authorization from the rights-holders to do >> so. >> As far as I can tell, that is not the case here. If and when it is >> the >> case here, that permission can be added to the >> /usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/ directory of the vivaldi package in >> the >> AUR, to signify that the prebuilt packages are legally >> redistributable, >> either in personally hosted repos or [community]. >> >> See the teamspeak3 package for an example implementation. >> https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/trunk/PERMISSION.eml?h=packages/teamspeak3 >> >> ... >> >> Just because we are not an FSDG distribution which prays at the altar >> of >> Richard Stallman doesn't mean licensing is some sort of silly joke >> that >> no one cares about. >> >> And I don't think it makes sense to say this matters less, if it's >> being >> distributed from someone's personal repo instead of from a multi- >> member >> organization. >> > > If that's what it requires, I can get a written consent we can re- > distribute vivaldi. I asked them before putting it in my personal repo, > if I was allowed to do that.
Cool -- if you have that permission, then there's no reason not to put it in the AUR package too, though. :) -- Eli Schwartz Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
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