On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 06:23:02AM +0100, Pierre Schmitz wrote: > Am 15.11.2012 06:04, schrieb Daniel Wallace: > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 05:56:57AM +0100, Pierre Schmitz wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I just noticed that steam was put into the multilib repo. It's > >> unfortunate that such questionable packages are brought into our repos > >> without any discussion (similar case are the catalyst drivers). > >> > >> My concern is it's license here. We modify and redistribute steam here > >> which is probably not allowed according to 1.B of steam's license. So > >> unless I am wrong here or there is a written permission from Valve > >> please remove this package asap. > >> > >> PS: It would be great if people would send a mail to this list before > >> they add random packages; especially if they don't have a free license. > >> > >> Greetings, > >> > >> Pierre > >> > >> -- > >> Pierre Schmitz, https://pierre-schmitz.com > > > > I read through the entire license. It seemed ok to me but as I am not > > a lawyer I emailed them to request permission first to redistribute the > > package in community/multilib. > > > > Only after contacting 2 people at Valve, both of whom told me that > > it would be ok to package and distribute steam, did I move it into the > > repositores > > This is fine by me then. Would still be good to discuss such matters > beforehand in the future. Could you forward these mails to me so I can > post them on the private list? I do believe you, but in worst case it'll > be better if more than one person has access to such information. (afaik > we handled packages for the nvidia driver and adobe flash in a similar > way) > > Maybe we should ask if they would make their license more clear. E.g. I > don't see how the following paragraph permits redistribution: > > "You may not, in whole or in part: copy, photocopy, reproduce, > translate, reverse engineer (with the exception of specific > circumstances > where such act is permitted by law), derive source code, modify, > disassemble, decompile, or create derivative works based on the > Program; > remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Program; or attempt in > any > manner to circumvent any security measures designed to control access > to > the Program." > > Greetings, > > Pierre > > -- > Pierre Schmitz, https://pierre-schmitz.com
email sent, I will keep that in mind in the future. -- Daniel Wallace Archlinux Trusted User (gtmanfred) Georgia Institute of Technology
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