From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25875 invoked by uid 1002); 26 Nov 2003 17:59:33 -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 4159 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2003 17:59:32 -0000 From: Dewet Diener To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 20:00:57 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.93 References: <200311191114.25081.pauldv@gentoo.org> <20031126121732.GB25888@netswarm.net> <20031126171835.GA23787@jogger-egg.com> In-Reply-To: <20031126171835.GA23787@jogger-egg.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200311262000.57596.gentoo@dewet.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo internal structure X-Archives-Salt: 57d2b546-1ed6-4deb-b251-ad059e25d8ad X-Archives-Hash: 125fa55d66c93526849905b8ade86051 On Wednesday 26 November 2003 19:18, Bob Miller wrote: > But it illustrates why you don't under any circumstances want > ACCEPT_LICENSES="*", either as the default or as an option. Accepting > a license has consequences, and those consequences can hurt you.* I'd > recommend against letting the parser recognize a wildcard for licenses > -- there's just too much danger for people who don't know any better > to hurt themselves. While I see your point and agree to some extent with what you're saying, there are cases where I can imagine it needed. Considering the dubious legal stance of shrink-wrap licences, and combining that with the fact that I'm not living in the States or a US citizen, makes me rather less concerned about this issue. If the wildcarding of licences aren't allowed, at least put a switch in make.conf to disable the licence code altogether. Otherwise I'll just patch it out of portage on my machines. But I guess with the modular approach of next-gen portage, that will be elementary. Dewet -- Dewet Diener http://dewet.org Professional Student, avid Gentoo user :) Stellenbosch, South Africa (33 55" 58.80'S 18 51" 00.00'E) -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list