Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 12:51:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> To: Christopher Rosado <chris@tophnet.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: licencing problem with linux_base ports? Message-ID: <20030703124549.O43330@blues.jpj.net> In-Reply-To: <200307031001.00915.chris@tophnet.net> References: <20030703070806.L43330@blues.jpj.net> <200307031001.00915.chris@tophnet.net>
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Christopher Rosado wrote: > Why? The linux_base ports fetch the relevant RPMs from Redhat mirrors, not > FreeBSD servers, AFAICT. [...] > There's no violation of the GPL here by the ports tree, as it merely downloads > the files needed by the linuxulator rather than distributing them. Right, there's no violation when a user downloads the files from the master sites and installs them (this can still be done if the port is marked RESTRICTED). What I was talking about was when the packages and/or distfiles are made available on CD-ROMs or from ftp.FreeBSD.org. For the latter, I suppose we could just have a pkg-message saying where the SRPMs may be found. What about the former, the CD-ROMs? -- Trevor Johnson
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