Hi Folks.
I'd like to add to the Fink website a brief explanation that a small number
of the 0.5.0a-stable packages can not be distributed in binary form, and
that users who want them should consult the license first and then compile
them from source if they are eligible to do so. This would
Le mardi, 10 déc 2002, à 16:14 Europe/Paris, David R. Morrison a écrit :
One of the main themes of the Fink project is careful respect for the
licenses which software developers include with their code. Most Fink
packages are based on software with one of the open source licenses
which
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: RIPEMD160
snip
In this regard, mpg123 is tagged as Restrictive (which it is) and so
doesn't make it to the binary distribution whereas the License says :
Here are some comments on this topic from our in house lawyer.
The software may not be sold for
On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 09:46, David R. Morrison wrote:
Hi Folks.
I'd like to add to the Fink website a brief explanation that a small number
of the 0.5.0a-stable packages can not be distributed in binary form, and
that users who want them should consult the license first and then compile
On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 08:24 AM, David R. Morrison wrote:
rpl
Sounds like we can distribute rpl as a binary. Besides the author of
rpl is a fink user. :)
~ 153 % rpl -L
rpl 1.4.0 by Joe Laffey, LAFFEY Computer Imaging.
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