Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:39:14 +0400 From: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@freebsd.org> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.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: <20080422113908.GG54610@amilo.cenkes.org> In-Reply-To: <a01628140804220404h52681609p4d613f79f2016bf2@mail.gmail.com> 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> <20080421194224.GA21205@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20080422103434.GE54610@amilo.cenkes.org> <a01628140804220404h52681609p4d613f79f2016bf2@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:04:39PM +0100, Florent Thoumie wrote: > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Andrew Pantyukhin > <infofarmer@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 02:42:24PM -0500, Brooks Davis wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Unfortunately, a closer look dispelled the hope. The > > public-domained files only show how to use the GPL'ed ones. I had > > a conversation with the author, who is worried about incompatible > > formats being spawned if he releases lzma from under LGPL. He > > might change his mind in the future, though. > > > > So I guess we'll have to stick to using lzma from ports for now. > > Maybe releasing the extracting code under public domain? It doesn't provide the necessary "protection" since the compressing code need not be distributed by whoever profits from incompatibilities.
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