Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:42:24 -0500 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Mikhail Teterin <mi+mill@aldan.algebra.com>, Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: lzma (Re: HEADS UP: upgrading ImageMagick to 6.4.0-6) Message-ID: <20080421194224.GA21205@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <20080421190501.GG88801@amilo.cenkes.org> References: <200804151709.03452.mi%2Bmill@aldan.algebra.com> <200804152151.07444.mi%2Bmill@aldan.algebra.com> <20080416022153.GA56554@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <200804152235.35820.mi%2Bmill@aldan.algebra.com> <20080416030753.GA56826@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20080421190501.GG88801@amilo.cenkes.org>
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--tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:05:42PM +0400, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:07:54PM -0500, Brooks Davis wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:35:30PM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > > > ???????? 15 ??????? 2008 10:21 ??, Brooks Davis ?? ????????: > > > > Sadly, the author's licensing terms will limit the adoption of lzma. > > > > The BSD license is well established as the most restrictive accepta= ble > > > > license for successful, widely adopted compression schemes. > >=20 > > I wouldn't necessicairly be opposed to seeing support for tar.lzma files > > in bsd.port.mk, but I don't think lzma has a signficant future if the > > licensing policy remains as is (i.e. complex and not clearly defined in > > the source files). >=20 > =3D=3D qouth lzma.txt =3D=3D > SPECIAL EXCEPTION #3: Igor Pavlov, as the author of this code, > expressly permits > =20 > you to use code of the following files:=20 > BranchTypes.h, LzmaTypes.h, LzmaTest.c, LzmaStateTest.c, > LzmaAlone.cpp,=20 > LzmaAlone.cs, LzmaAlone.java > as public domain code.=20 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >=20 > Without a more careful look, it sounds like enough to integrate > lzma in libarchive. That's well hidden (DOC/lzam.txt in the tarball). Someone should produce some sort of lzma-lite distribution that only does the basics. Then this could be a practical option. -- Brooks --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFIDO4fXY6L6fI4GtQRAgi2AJ9Dh80wh5eHJEwMqvtXPI89ACfvHQCfW7Vl qP6KQf2mWakKhs/1qCNwjIk= =5RNo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB--
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