Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: ion license

[Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@ciaranm.org>]

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On Sun, 13 May 2007 10:34:42 +0200
Matti Bickel <mabi@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > If he doesn't want to hinder distributions, get him to fix his
> > licence. The way it is now makes it impossible for distributions to
> > do their job.
> 
> We all agree it's retarded. However, i can't change the way it is.

Well, you can drop support from the tree... I suspect upstream might
change their tune if distributions stick their collective feet down.

> > > In general: i don't think forking is an option. I won't be
> > > maintaining a fork myself to begin with.
> > 
> > Probably true, from a Gentoo perspective. If there's a significant
> > ion userbase, someone else will do the work.
> 
> There's already someone doing the work for gentoo. Look at bug
> #136077, which is, tbh, one of my main motivators to work on that
> package. I just feel that letting (contributing) users down would be
> kind of a shame.

Move it to an overlay. People have far lower expectations from
overlays...

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh


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