[gentoo-dev] [PATCH] 2021-09-24-possible-failure-to-preserve-libraries: add item

2021-09-20 Thread Sam James
Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/811462 Signed-off-by: Hank Leininger Signed-off-by: Sam James --- ...sible-failure-to-preserve-libraries.en.txt | 103 ++ 1 file changed, 103 insertions(+) create mode 100644

[gentoo-dev] [PATCH] 2021-09-24-possible-failure-to-preserve-libraries: add item

2021-09-20 Thread Sam James
Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/811462 Signed-off-by: Hank Leininger Signed-off-by: Sam James --- ...sible-failure-to-preserve-libraries.en.txt | 98 +++ 1 file changed, 98 insertions(+) create mode 100644

Re: [gentoo-dev] Guidance on distributed patented software

2021-09-20 Thread Robin H. Johnson
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 08:41:21PM +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Sep 2021, Robin H Johnson wrote: > > > RedHat's legal team clearly know something there that they aren't > > disclosing the details of publicly, because the patches said the > > patents expire in 2020, but when I

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] 2021-09-20-busybox-removal-from-system: add item

2021-09-20 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 2:51 PM Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Sep 2021, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > > +The sys-apps/busybox package has been removed from @system for Linux > > Maybe "from the system set" or "from the system set (@system)" would > make this even clearer. I updated the

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] 2021-09-20-busybox-removal-from-system: add item

2021-09-20 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2021, Mike Gilbert wrote: > +The sys-apps/busybox package has been removed from @system for Linux Maybe "from the system set" or "from the system set (@system)" would make this even clearer. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Guidance on distributed patented software

2021-09-20 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2021, Robin H Johnson wrote: > RedHat's legal team clearly know something there that they aren't > disclosing the details of publicly, because the patches said the > patents expire in 2020, but when I asked off-list if EC could be > re-enabled based on the expiry dates in the

[gentoo-dev] Re: Guidance on distributed patented software

2021-09-20 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2021, Alec Warner wrote: > The devmanual discusses licensing as a core concept > (https://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/licenses/index.html) > but does not cover patents. My understanding is that we: > - set RESTRICT=bindist when we are unable to redistribute

Re: [gentoo-dev] Guidance on distributed patented software

2021-09-20 Thread Robin H. Johnson
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 01:27:37PM -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 12:46 PM Alec Warner wrote: > > > > Could we add some text to the license concepts covering patents? It > > seems to have been omitted? > > Is my understanding of how we manage patented software correct? > >

Re: [gentoo-dev] Guidance on distributed patented software

2021-09-20 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 12:46 PM Alec Warner wrote: > > Could we add some text to the license concepts covering patents? It > seems to have been omitted? > Is my understanding of how we manage patented software correct? I think you have the gist of it. Is there actually anything in the repo

[gentoo-dev] Guidance on distributed patented software

2021-09-20 Thread Alec Warner
The devmanual discusses licensing as a core concept (https://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/licenses/index.html) but does not cover patents. My understanding is that we: - set RESTRICT=bindist when we are unable to redistribute binaries (e.g. due to a license or patent restriction.) -

[gentoo-dev] [PATCH] 2021-09-20-busybox-removal-from-system: add item

2021-09-20 Thread Mike Gilbert
Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert --- ...1-09-20-busybox-removal-from-system.en.txt | 19 +++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2021-09-20-busybox-removal-from-system/2021-09-20-busybox-removal-from-system.en.txt diff --git