From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1844138010 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:33:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 73090E0952; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:33:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-f175.google.com (mail-ie0-f175.google.com [209.85.223.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91F5BE086C for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:33:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f175.google.com with SMTP id c12so888119ieb.6 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:33:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=emu+g41XPInU9/5p27W4LARIQV4fzGtBZ54BidEe51Q=; b=t4t1fAFLkdWkczM+1/fWTfjqKnx8HdYiQyo4JdJlcrJBF11MdKrRfkukbgTGBAcVgB elZxxxjMyI9YEy1wgLSohh6Agw8xzD2KPn2TXynAu0Y5/RMfsOCcXgEU/Ii2O6ZwGzxg tGbJE6TEZ5J28fPuSDLQvUkcbrymt7cy1sBZO41GK8SFAG0EQkN9Wl8iv9T1GnSb/CjM 8p1ldAeRL9m2hjuPAyBXaiMBBw/szZ0E3XiWXJUBrpsZ1hQEBFCsMhysXi4vy7XeFSfE 7WZF8RwPZWZQsX3EBbRTwqxj1Va/HmoVLPFVg1ECNccAFbNkSGser8S7j0GnotYtVlmi uTcw== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.44.106 with SMTP id d10mr51324igm.26.1364589219819; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:33:39 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.135.36 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:33:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130329202628.GE1033@ca.inter.net> References: <20130329202628.GE1033@ca.inter.net> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:33:39 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: a-LF7IAOsJVhETJOXNw7NBeTWXQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] licensing query : Splice From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: bec716cd-d30a-4487-90fe-5f8b4a88f306 X-Archives-Hash: 1fa04b66547c0b6d320ceb8f0e0fefb5 On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Philip Webb wrote: > I've never seen this before in 10 years using Gentoo. > Has anyone verified that Splice's licence is compatible with Gentoo ? What do you mean by "compatible with Gentoo?" Gentoo is not a party to the distribution or use of splice, so why would Gentoo need to be concerned with its licensing? We are merely providing a script that helps a user who legally has the right to install/use it to do so. The license listed in the ebuild is listed as a convenience to the user. Gentoo is fairly unique among Linux distros in that we separate the distribution of the content of a package from its installation script/metadata/etc. If a package has a license which does not permit redistribution we simply don't redistribute the portions of it for which we do not hold a license. That is also why you won't find any "Iceweasels" or such in Gentoo - we don't distribute modified upstream files, therefore we are not subject to any restrictions on the distributions of such. There is nothing illegal with providing an installation script for somebody else's binary, as long as you don't distribute the binary. Look at the long tradition of Windows install/patch tools for an example of this. Rich