On 01/01/2014 09:10 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> In essence, I don't want to *use* code that isn't @FREE. This includes >> the installed files, of course, but also the build system (that I use >> temporarily). We could generalize this to "any file accessed during >> emerge" to be on the safe side. That ensures that if I need to modify >> (and redistribute) any part of the software that I use, I can. >> >> What use case is there for having the LICENSE apply to anything else? > > If you want to redistribute the source tarball (such as on an internal > mirror) then you might care what license pertains to the tarball. > RESTRICT=mirror only prevents mirrors using the standard Gentoo > software from distributing a file. If you just have a server fetch > sources and share distfiles via NFS/rsync/etc then you're sharing > everything. I actually use this approach for my VMs/etc to cut down > on network traffic and mirror load (my main Gentoo box is listed as > the first mirror, and also is used for SYNC). >
Is there a real example where the license matters for something redistributed to yourself?
