multimedia/linux-realplayer port marked as BROKEN

[Chris Rees]

On 29 June 2012 17:58, RW <rwmaillists at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:17:40 +0100
> Chris Rees wrote:
>
>> On Jun 29, 2012 4:13 PM, "Jerry" <jerry at seibercom.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > The "multimedia/linux-realplayer" port has been marked
>> > "BROKEN=unfetchable" for awhile now. Has there been any movement on
>> > a resolution for this problem.
>>
>> Unless a legal mirror is found, I'm afraid we can't provide it;
>> mirroring is forbidden.
>
> The Makefile could print out instructions for obtaining the restricted
> file and set IGNORE if it isn't present. I think that's what the JDK
> ports used to do.

No, there's a difference.  We can't instruct a user to obtain a
distfile in a way that is explicitly forbidden by the licence.

Chris