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* [gentoo-dev] [RFC] @DISTFILE-REDISTRIBUTABLE license group
@ 2019-09-21  7:17 Michał Górny
  2019-09-21 19:27 ` Ulrich Mueller
  2019-09-25  6:19 ` Michał Górny
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
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?

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny


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