Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 15:48:46 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <netchild@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/audio/lame Makefile Message-ID: <20040320234846.GA39998@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200403201452.i2KEqJ9b039309@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200403201452.i2KEqJ9b039309@repoman.freebsd.org>
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--rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 06:52:19AM -0800, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > netchild 2004/03/20 06:52:19 PST >=20 > FreeBSD ports repository >=20 > Modified files: > audio/lame Makefile=20 > Log: > Trevor thinks we may be seen as a manufacturer of lame if we distribute > packages, so mark the port as NO_PACKAGE for patent licensing > reasons. > =20 > The distfile is safe to distribute. This has wide implications for the ports tree (e.g. it prevents GNOME and KDE from being installed via packages). Clearly this interpretation of the legality of redistributing lame is not standard. Kris --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAXNhdWry0BWjoQKURAhDIAJ9IKglQ97BCDKAWsqOmxEQMZByEcACfbSx8 ly+2Y2K5oUsxYMTT0OANJ6k= =/bnX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ--
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