[arch-general] Packages with non free licenses

[Grigorios Bouzakis]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 08:52:51PM -0500, Jeff Mickey wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2007 2:32 AM, Grigorios Bouzakis <grbzks at gmail.com> wrote:
> > [...]
> 
> Just to be honest here, it says you can't supply them in any form that
> adds value to *commercial* products.  We are not using our .iso files
> for commercial value, and thus do not violate this part of the
> license.  Oh, and we do ship the .exe files, and then extract them on
> the local system.  Oh wait, and they say that anyone can download and
> use the fonts!
> 
> It sounds like we are in complete compliance except for the license
> agreement being shipped with the package.
> 
> Someone could probably just open a bug, requesting that the license be
> shipped? With Ion it had too restrictive of a license.  This license
> is similar to just about any other freeware, and is a license that is
> not hard to comply with at all.
> 
>     //  jeff
> -- 
> . : [ + carpe diem totus tuus + ] : .
> 

bug report: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8978