> > And there are also some packages like cedega, which you must even > > dowload by torrent :P > > After you have subscribed (which is the real reason for the fetch > restriction)? > > It's only a <10MB rpm/deb/tgz, why would you have to download it by > torrent? > > In that particular case, Cedega is a commercial application, and only > subscribers (paying customers) may access the download link. Therefore > you are required to manually download the binary to > /usr/portage/distfiles, where Gentoo can then install it. > > It's really just a super-set of the same issue, you have to in some way > authenticate yourself before you may have the program; in sun and ibm's > case, that authentication involves accepting the license, in the case of > Transgaming, it involves paying money to subscribe. But it's the same > thing; the developer wants to know/specify who has access to their work, > and they enforce that. Gentoo respects that enforcement.
Yeah i know that. It was rather a joke about how 'hard' is to install apps in gentoo :] And torrent part was about how 'hard' is to install cedega without subscription :] While writing this i thought about smth: cannot displaying licenses be implemented in emerge? If you want to progress(fetch the file) you must accept displayed license. Maybe sun will be happy with that... -- Best Regards, Peper -- [email protected] mailing list
