On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 10:58:04AM -0600, Benjamin Cutler wrote: > Humberto Massa wrote: > >>I can't even find the original source page for Starscream any more... > >> > >> > >Other (better!) option would be try the Starscream original author to > >release under a more liberal license (BSD/MIT/2clause or even the GPL). > >As to mpg123, what about mpg321 ?? > > > > I should also have mentioned that the e-mail address for Starscream > bounced when I tried it. So I really have no idea how to reach the guy > who wrote it in the first place. > > I had another idea, though. I've noticed a few packages in contrib don't > actually assemble the package until postinst... could I seperate gens > into "gens" (all the GPL code) and "gens-nonfree" (mpg123 and > Starscream), and have gens postinst call "ld" at install-time? The two > packages would contain the relevant .o files... and would techinically > be seperate packages. Intent is what counts. You can't try to find loopholes like this unless you have an expensive lawyer. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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