* [gentoo-dev] [RFC] @DISTFILE-REDISTRIBUTABLE license group
@ 2019-09-21 7:17 99% Michał Górny
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From: Michał Górny @ 2019-09-21 7:17 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev; +Cc: licenses
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Hi,
We currently have @BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE license group that somewhat
concerns RESTRICT=bindist. I think it'd be reasonable to introduce
a matching group concerning RESTRICT=mirror.
My proposition would be to add @DISTFILE-REDISTRIBUTABLE group with
the following rules:
- MUST permit redistribution of unmodified distfiles
- MUST NOT require explicit approval (No items from @EULA)
- MAY prohibit redistributing modified distfiles
- MAY restrict the cost of redistribution
Rationale: the main idea is to aid checking for missing
RESTRICT="mirror". The rules are based on current bindist group but are
more relaxed given the specific use case of our mirrors. Most notably:
1. It permits licenses that prohibit redistributing modified distfiles.
In this case, due diligence is required from developers. If this is
prohibited, they may only add original upstream sources to SRC_URI.
2. It permits restrictions on cost of redistribution, as some upstreams
prohibit selling their products. While this renders them non-free, it
shouldn't be a problem for our mirrors since we don't expect to sell
stuff there ;-).
Note that while technically there could be a problem with selling, say,
Gentoo CDs with distfiles included, RESTRICT=mirror doesn't cover this
case anyway.
WDYT?
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Best regards,
Michał Górny
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