Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:17:56 -0400 (EDT) From: "Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng." <lkchen@ksu.edu> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: multimedia/linux-realplayer port marked as BROKEN Message-ID: <290335561.3894154.1344982676735.JavaMail.root@k-state.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1vyLNE4WZtsZFWrYtxxtEZBJiA9ukwMMagNyLEJRULi-w@mail.gmail.com>
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----- Original Message ----- > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 3:09 PM, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:01:56 +0100 > > Chris Rees wrote: > > > >> On 29 June 2012 17:58, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> > On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:17:40 +0100 > >> > Chris Rees wrote: > >> > > >> >> On Jun 29, 2012 4:13 PM, "Jerry" <jerry@seibercom.net> wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > The "multimedia/linux-realplayer" port has been marked > >> >> > "BROKEN=3Dunfetchable" for awhile now. Has there been any > >> >> > movement > >> >> > on a resolution for this problem. > >> >> > >> >> Unless a legal mirror is found, I'm afraid we can't provide it; > >> >> mirroring is forbidden. > >> > > >> > The Makefile could print out instructions for obtaining the > >> > restricted file and set IGNORE if it isn't present. I think > >> > that's > >> > what the JDK ports used to do. > >> > >> No, there's a difference. =C2=A0We can't instruct a user to obtain a > >> distfile in a way that is explicitly forbidden by the licence. > > > > What's explicitly forbidden? =C2=A0The distribution licence forbids > > hosting > > the files, but there's nothing that says you can't tell people that > > realplayer can be obtained from real.com and offer an alternative > > installer to rpm - which is all the port would be. >=20 > Sounds about the same as the jdk ports where you had to get the > distros from Sun (and now Oracle) after agreeing to their terms. the > port checked for the disto and, if it was not found, provided > instructions to legally obtain it. We don't do ports for warez, but I > can't see that telling peoplewhereto get it legally is any issue. I found a copy at: http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slsoc/5x/i386= /i386/repodata/repoview/RealPlayer-0-10.0.9.809-20070726.html --=20 Who: Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng. - W0LKC - Senior Unix Systems Administrator For: Enterprise Server Technologies (EST) -- & SafeZone Ally Snail: Computing and Telecommunications Services (CTS) Kansas State University, 109 East Stadium, Manhattan, KS 66506-3102 Phone: (785) 532-4916 - Fax: (785) 532-3515 - Email: lkchen@ksu.edu Web: http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~lkchen - Where: 11 Hale Library
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