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On 02/20/2013 11:44 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 20 Feb 2013, Rick \"Zero Chaos\" Farina wrote:
> 
>> On 02/20/2013 02:55 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> 
>> I am going to respond here because it makes the most sense to me.
> 
>>> I mostly agree. However, there are not two, but three classes of
>>> licenses for firmware images:
>>>
>>> 1. Free software
>>> 2. Non-free, but can be redistributed
>>> 3. Cannot be redistributed
>>>
>>> The split between 2 and 3 is the more important one, because we cannot
>>> mirror things under 3.
> 
>> I completely agree. I will HAPPILY divide the ebuild up with a nonfree
>> (or other suggested SANE use flag) to denote the difference between 1
>> and 2.  None of this is under contest, this choice is all but too easy.
>> Depending on the licensing issues which arise I may even add in a
>> separate ebuild.
> 
>> The issue come in with number 3.  Adding a bindist use flag for the
>> - -9999 ebuild seems sane since it pulls from git and we don't have to
>> redist it, but is is possible to RESTRICT="bindist? bindist" ?
> 
> Eh, what? You want to exclude the non-redistributable firmware from
> binpkgs build by the user? I.e. USE="-bindist" would include
> everything but USE="bindist" wouldn't? IIUC, you don't need an
> additional RESTRICT then.
So RESTRICT=bindist is only needed when there is no flag?  Still I
suppose it will come up if we break this into three parts.
> 
>> Anyone volunteering to tear through this licensing mess and start
>> breaking things into groups?
> 
> Does the WHENCE cover everything that is currently included in your
> tarball?

The tarball is a full copy of the git tree so I'm going to say no.

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