Not to mention all the software written in Java ... and other things in the Portage tree like VMWare ... skype ... acroread ...
Really ... you can take those out of the Portage tree. I can -- and often do -- download them directly and install them. On Gentoo, CentOS, Debian, Fedora and Windows. It won't hurt me in the slightest if they're removed from Portage. twofourtysix wrote: >I applaud all those people on the Planet who are posting >anti-software-patent banners in their blogs. It's good to see yet >another major software project taking a stance. > >Are these people prepared to back up their views by removing from the >tree all those ebuilds for software made by companies who make heavy >use of software patents? That would be far more effective, and may >even encourage a few mainstream tech news sources to stop ignoring the >issue. I can think of quite a few software-patent friendly companies >who are currently gaining significant good PR from being 'supported' >by Gentoo. > > > -- [email protected] mailing list
