On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 06:50:06 -0600 Ryan Hill <dirtye...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> I've always believed that when it comes down to it all Gentoo basically does > is provide a link to some source code and a script to build and install it. > Unless we violate someone's license by redistributing that source then we > really don't have to worry about it, and as you said we already have > mechanisms to deal with that. What the user does with that source is their > business, and they are solely responsible for following the terms of the > license(s). IIRC this is the stance we took back in 2006 with the cdrtools > debacle [1]. [1] http://lwn.net/Articles/199061/ -- Ryan Hill psn: dirtyepic_sk gcc-porting/toolchain/wxwidgets @ gentoo.org 47C3 6D62 4864 0E49 8E9E 7F92 ED38 BD49 957A 8463
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