cvs commit: ports/audio/lame Makefile

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Sat Mar 20 15:48:49 PST 2004


On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 06:52:19AM -0800, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> netchild    2004/03/20 06:52:19 PST
> 
>   FreeBSD ports repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     audio/lame           Makefile 
>   Log:
>   Trevor thinks we may be seen as a manufacturer of lame if we distribute
>   packages, so mark the port as NO_PACKAGE for patent licensing
>   reasons.
>   
>   The distfile is safe to distribute.

This has wide implications for the ports tree (e.g. it prevents GNOME
and KDE from being installed via packages).  Clearly this
interpretation of the legality of redistributing lame is not standard.

Kris
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