Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo internal structure

[Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org>]

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On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 01:37, Andrew Cowie wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 18:32, Jon Portnoy wrote:
> > Quick poll ...
> 
> If ACCEPT_LICENCES is implemented with anything other than "any" as a
> default, then I can see very quickly needing to have a line in the
> Documentation (not to mention endless forum postings) saying:
> 
>    '...and then edit /etc/make.conf to say ACCEPT_LICENCES="*" ...'

Except that Gentoo CANNOT tell you that officially, since there are
licenses out there which would prohibit it.  We could allow all licenses
EXCEPT the prohibited ones (such as id Games) by default, but NOWHERE
would you EVER find Gentoo officially telling people to put
ACCEPT_LICENSES="*" because that would put us in the same legal boat we
were in before and make us look like a bunch of selfish jerks who don't
play well with the community.  Honestly, we need to do soemthing about
this now when it isn't a big problem so that further down the orad we
won't get bitten by legal actions.

-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Developer, Gentoo Linux
Games Team

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