On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 20:31:04 +0000 Chris Rees <cr...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 6 January 2012 21:16, Alexander Leidinger > <alexan...@leidinger.net> wrote: > > The linux ports are a little bit special. They are binary ports and > > the GPL requires that we distribute the source too. > > Really? That's not how I read the GPL, nor its interpretation: > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatDoesWrittenOfferValid Let's rephrase it: In a discussion with portmgr@, we decided to add the SRPMs to the linux ports, and write code to let the port build cluster fetch the SRPMs too. A normal build without PACKAGE_BUILDING defined should not fetch the SRPMS. This way we make sure the distfiles for the linux binaries are available on FreeBSD-project storage. I do not know if the SPRMs are on the release media or not, but they should be available somewhere on FreeBSD resources. Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
