On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>wrote:
> > On 25 Sep 2010, at 03:17, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >>> ... > >>>>> I've heard good things about it, but I'm under the impression it is > not free (as in beer). Is that true? > >>> I don't know but I can emerge -q icc > >> > >> There is other non-Free software you can install with Portage. > >> > >> Just yesterday I was looking at games-fps/ut2003 and games-fps/ut2004 - > I > >> believe these require the game's installer CDs to work. > >> > >> I would imagine that if you were to emerge ICC it would require an > >> activation key before it would compile anything, otherwise we'd all be > using > >> it. > >> > > > > Wouldn't that be kind of senseless since the source code is distributed? > > Knowing it would not be hard to bypass the activation key, if they wanted > > money for it they wouldn't let the source code out, license or no > license. > > Just because you can emerge a package doesn't mean the full source is > distributed. It could be a binary package, it could contain a small binary > blob for activation. > > Paul Hartman provides more info in his post of 24 September 2010 23:16:30 > GMT+01:00, but I was specifically replying to the assumption or implication > "if it can be emerged it must be free". > > You are right. Thanks for the clarification. ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
