From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27450 invoked by uid 1002); 23 Nov 2003 18:16:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 21139 invoked from network); 23 Nov 2003 18:16:51 -0000 From: Chris Gianelloni To: Sven Vermeulen Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20031122102805.GE1469@gentoo.org> References: <200311191114.25081.pauldv@gentoo.org> <200311211050.59578.jasonbstubbs@mailandnews.com> <8765hdu4zg.fsf@killr.ath.cx> <20031121183551.GE2221@gentoo.org> <87ptfk7uhu.fsf@killr.ath.cx> <20031122102805.GE1469@gentoo.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-lbF4uszPK69P9ldvTcNc" Message-Id: <1069610902.21247.18.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 13:08:22 -0500 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo internal structure X-Archives-Salt: 9a774e2a-7b96-47b6-bf2d-7a42283fde79 X-Archives-Hash: 5eae06d9e0500a6a50a7c11e6ccf3663 --=-lbF4uszPK69P9ldvTcNc Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 05:28, Sven Vermeulen wrote: > On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 01:06:05AM -0600, Matthew Kennedy wrote: > > Seriously though, it is my impression that you may be surprised how > > many folks care that their box uses free software only. You might > > want to check the Debian news out of late. There's a proposal to do > > away with(?) non-free in their distro (ie. clause 5. in their social > > contract would be removed). > >=20 > > I suppose I am dismayed that we are failing to promote free software > > over proprietary software. >=20 > It is not Gentoo's goal to become a free-software only distribution. It i= s > important that we, as metadistribution, give the users the choice to choo= se > for "free-software only" if they want. I'm sure we can all agree on this > ability to choose. >=20 > So yes, to use your example, it is important that gamers don't quit Gento= o > because of a decision we force upon them, instead of having them decide > theirselves. >=20 > Implementing an ACCEPT_LICENSES variable is a very important proposal. Th= e > question is what we would use "per default". Do we only accept free (as i= n > speech) licenses per default, and have the user choose the others > individually, or accept free (as in beer) licenses per default, having th= e > user restrict/extend the amount of licenses he wishes? >=20 > I can certainly agree if we go for the former (from a GNU/OSI perspective= ), > but also if the latter is chosen (from a userfriendly perspective).=20 I would also agree with either. If we went the OSI way, though, we should make it easy for the user to add licenses. I believe that logic would need to be added to portage to automatically extend ACCEPT_LICENSES for any licenses which were interactively accepted during an emerge. --=20 Chris Gianelloni Developer, Gentoo Linux Games Team Is your power animal a penguin? --=-lbF4uszPK69P9ldvTcNc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/wPeWkT4lNIS36YERAqCCAKCmpbpjVZS2YCQ3Ba3/UxVRckrePgCfU8is hPJwx/mHcjrpdMeXE96GENY= =90RN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-lbF4uszPK69P9ldvTcNc--