Re: [gentoo-dev] licensing query : Splice
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Philip Webb wrote: > I've never seen this before in 10 years using Gentoo. > Has anyone verified that Splice's licence is compatible with Gentoo ? What do you mean by "compatible with Gentoo?" Gentoo is not a party to the distribution or use of splice, so why would Gentoo need to be concerned with its licensing? We are merely providing a script that helps a user who legally has the right to install/use it to do so. The license listed in the ebuild is listed as a convenience to the user. Gentoo is fairly unique among Linux distros in that we separate the distribution of the content of a package from its installation script/metadata/etc. If a package has a license which does not permit redistribution we simply don't redistribute the portions of it for which we do not hold a license. That is also why you won't find any "Iceweasels" or such in Gentoo - we don't distribute modified upstream files, therefore we are not subject to any restrictions on the distributions of such. There is nothing illegal with providing an installation script for somebody else's binary, as long as you don't distribute the binary. Look at the long tradition of Windows install/patch tools for an example of this. Rich
Re: [gentoo-dev] licensing query : Splice
On 03/29/2013 09:26 PM, Philip Webb wrote: > I noticed a couple of games which have been added to the tree > & thought it worth giving them a try. One of them resulted in this : > > root:512 ~> emerge -pv games-puzzle/splice > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild N F ] games-puzzle/splice-20121120 298,671 kB > Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 298,671 kB > Fetch Restriction: 1 package (1 unsatisfied) > Fetch instructions for games-puzzle/splice-20121120: > * Please buy & download splice-linux-1353389454.tar.gz from: > * http://www.cipherprime.com/games/splice/ > * and move it to /usr/portage/distfiles > > I've never seen this before in 10 years using Gentoo. > Has anyone verified that Splice's licence is compatible with Gentoo ? > Compatible with Gentoo? What does that mean?
[gentoo-dev] licensing query : Splice
I noticed a couple of games which have been added to the tree & thought it worth giving them a try. One of them resulted in this : root:512 ~> emerge -pv games-puzzle/splice These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N F ] games-puzzle/splice-20121120 298,671 kB Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 298,671 kB Fetch Restriction: 1 package (1 unsatisfied) Fetch instructions for games-puzzle/splice-20121120: * Please buy & download splice-linux-1353389454.tar.gz from: * http://www.cipherprime.com/games/splice/ * and move it to /usr/portage/distfiles I've never seen this before in 10 years using Gentoo. Has anyone verified that Splice's licence is compatible with Gentoo ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
