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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding Nipper license to the tree
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On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 00:58 +0100, Mike Auty wrote:
> So I'll leave the source version out of the tree, but I'd like thoughts
> on using RPM as a solution?  Also I don't know whether an exception
> could be made for Gentoo, but equally I don't know how to phrase one of
> them either (Gentoo Foundation or all Gentoo developers), so I'm
> hesitant to ask.  If anyone has any other ideas or possibilities, do let
> me know.  Thanks...

Drop it from the tree entirely. Leave it to them to provide ebuilds.
Obviously they do not want this software to be packaged by you, if they
did they wouldn't put this intricate obstacle course in your way.
Sometimes life can be so simple.

> Mike  5:)

Regards,
Tony V.

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