On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Aaron Hussein Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey guys,

I just got the email below and want to take this opportunity to point
a few things out:

Licenses are important. If a project has no license that DOES NOT mean
you are able to redistribute it by adding a file that says "Free to
use". Just because it is in the AUR doesn't mean we are in the clear.

That said, I believe this email is a little silly for three reasons:
a) Nothing there is stolen. It is a PKGBUILD. If it is illegal to
redistribute the source, then the end user is liable (something we
DON'T want).
b) The original tarball no longer exists.
c) I have seen no proof of copyright.

Still, I do want to take this opportunity to point out that we NEED to
be more careful here.


although the COPYING file it's wrong, isn't this the same "trick" we use with acroread?