[Fink-devel] non-binary packages

2002-12-10 Thread David R. Morrison
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

Re: [Fink-devel] non-binary packages

2002-12-10 Thread Sylvain Cuaz
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

Re: [Fink-devel] non-binary packages

2002-12-10 Thread David
-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

Re: [Fink-devel] non-binary packages

2002-12-10 Thread Alexander Hansen
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

Re: [Fink-devel] non-binary packages

2002-12-10 Thread Ben Hines
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. Visit