On Saturday 06 December 2003 06:50, Michael C. Ferguson wrote:
> On Friday 05 December 2003 10:24 am, John Goerzen wrote:
> > 1. How can I ensure that my Gentoo system has only Free software?
>
> Well, I haven't tried this, but I believe if you go into
> your /usr/portage/licenses directory and remove the licenses you don't want
> to accept, Portage will not be able to install software that has that
> LICENSE= line. This is a big hack, though, and the next time you emerge
> sync you'll have to do it again; a script would probably be the best
> option, if you're really intent on making sure you only have "free"
> software installed.

This wouldn't work at all. Portage has no matching of licenses against the 
files available in /usr/portage/licenses.

Jason

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