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Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages
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Yavor Doganov |
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Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages |
Date: |
Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:23:03 +0200 |
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Tassilo Horn wrote:
> Hm, I don't know how extensively you have tested, but using
>
> ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FSF-APPROVED @OSI-APPROVED"
This is far from sufficient for an entirely free GNU distro (which all
distros should be, in an ideal world), because there are packages are
basically under a free license, but include component or two that are
clearly non-free, or have dependencies that are non-free.
Unless Gentoo strips the tarballs to exclude such components, tweaks
the .ebuilds and dependencies accordingly, etc., this new feature of
the package manager is not a solution.
Then comes the problem with incompatible licenses, which Gentoo
doesn't seem to pursue at all -- it'll happily compile whatever
combination of USE flags if it's technically possible. (I might be
wrong here.) While less severe than distributing and even silently
installing non-free software behind users' back, this is an issue that
should not be ignored.
BTW, this sub-thread seems to be off-topic on emacs-devel.
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages (was: 'bzr init-repo .' crashes for lack of module bz2. Help, please!), (continued)
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages (was: 'bzr init-repo .' crashes for lack of module bz2. Help, please!), Richard Stallman, 2010/01/06
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Tassilo Horn, 2010/01/07
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Richard Stallman, 2010/01/07
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Marek Aaron Sapota, 2010/01/07
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Tassilo Horn, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Marek Aaron Sapota, 2010/01/08
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- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Tassilo Horn, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Marek Aaron Sapota, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Tassilo Horn, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Marek Aaron Sapota, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages,
Yavor Doganov <=
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Marek Aaron Sapota, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Tassilo Horn, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, David Kastrup, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Tassilo Horn, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Richard Stallman, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Tassilo Horn, 2010/01/06