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Date:      Wed, 30 Aug 1995 08:54:23 -0400
From:      Coranth Gryphon <gryphon@healer.com>
To:        paul@freebsd.org
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: copyright notices for ports/packages
Message-ID:  <199508301254.IAA04704@healer.com>

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> I'm still against installing unecessary files with the binaries for
> the same reasons you use above, i.e. diskspace. If the license requires
> something's installed with the binaries then do so, otherwise don't.

How about an option (check box on the install list, clopt for the command
line version) to install them? That makes the user aware that there
is a copyright/license file, and leaves it up to them (which it
would be in any event) if the want to keep a copy on their disk.

-coranth

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