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-world n00b
Joined: 10 Mar 2014 Posts: 4 Location: /var/lib/portage/
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:24 am Post subject: Will Gentoo be 100% free using ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE |
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Hi, I searched setting ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE" and using a free kernel will make Gentoo a completely free system. Is that totally true? Are the Gentoo licenses precise?
I have Gentoo installed and typing from it, but I didn't concern about freedom while I installed. I'm considering to free my Gentoo installation. |
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khayyam Watchman
Joined: 07 Jun 2012 Posts: 6227 Location: Room 101
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:35 am Post subject: Re: Will Gentoo be 100% free using ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @ |
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-world wrote: | Hi, I searched setting ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE" and using a free kernel will make Gentoo a completely free system. Is that totally true? Are the Gentoo licenses precise? |
-world ... they are as precise as any parsing mechanism ... but no @FREE is not the same as @FSF-approved.
You may still have some small issues .. sys-kernel/gentoo-sources, even with 'deblob' useflag, did at one point fail with @FSF-approved (though this may nolonger be the case).
HTH & best ... khay |
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-world n00b
Joined: 10 Mar 2014 Posts: 4 Location: /var/lib/portage/
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:51 am Post subject: Re: Will Gentoo be 100% free using ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @ |
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khayyam wrote: | -world wrote: | Hi, I searched setting ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE" and using a free kernel will make Gentoo a completely free system. Is that totally true? Are the Gentoo licenses precise? |
-world ... they are as precise as any parsing mechanism ... but no @FREE is not the same as @FSF-approved.
You may still have some small issues .. sys-kernel/gentoo-sources, even with 'deblob' useflag, did at one point fail with @FSF-approved (though this may nolonger be the case).
HTH & best ... khay |
Thank you a lot, I just found this:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/License_Groups
It has a disclaimer:
"We are programmers, not lawyers. Our evaluation if a particular license is a free software license is only a guideline for Gentoo developers and users. It is not a legal statement. There is also no guarantee that a particular LICENSE variable in an ebuild reflects reality. So don‘t rely on it, but check the license that is included with the package itself" |
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