Re: [gentoo-dev] Keeping licenses around

2012-12-20 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Rich Freeman wrote: >> If only a small subset of licenses require it, then maybe we should just >> use dodoc on those licenses that require it. Saving all licenses could >> be overkill. > Seems like a reasonable compromise. I would think such licenses would > be rare.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Keeping licenses around

2012-12-20 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Zac Medico wrote: > > If only a small subset of licenses require it, then maybe we should just > use dodoc on those licenses that require it. Saving all licenses could > be overkill. Seems like a reasonable compromise. I would think such licenses would be rare.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Keeping licenses around

2012-12-20 Thread Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/20/2012 03:25 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: >> On 20/12/12 01:12 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>> >>> What about /usr/portage/licenses, for example? Some of the >>> licenses are required to be pr

Re: [gentoo-dev] Keeping licenses around

2012-12-20 Thread Zac Medico
On 12/20/2012 10:19 AM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > On 20/12/12 01:12 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > >> What about /usr/portage/licenses, for example? Some of the >> licenses are required to be present on the system if the >> corresponding software is installed. So users cannot legally remove >> them.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Keeping licenses around

2012-12-20 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > On 20/12/12 01:12 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >> >> What about /usr/portage/licenses, for example? Some of the >> licenses are required to be present on the system if the >> corresponding software is installed. So users cannot legally remove

Re: [gentoo-dev] Keeping licenses around

2012-12-20 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
On 20/12/2012 19:19, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > ... well, along those lines, the list of licenses are not pertinent > to the system unless the software that relates to them is installed; > maybe emerge should automatically during the merge phase ensure the > license files are copied to the main sys

[gentoo-dev] Keeping licenses around

2012-12-20 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 20/12/12 01:12 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > What about /usr/portage/licenses, for example? Some of the > licenses are required to be present on the system if the > corresponding software is installed. So users cannot legally remove > them. > .