On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, der Mouse wrote:

> > ftp://sunsolve.Sun.COM/pub/patches offers 102545-13.tar.Z and
> > 100257-06.tar.Z which contain nearly everything needed to run SunOS4
> > executables under NetBSD/sparc, [...]
>
> > While this may be of historic interest it would be nice to drop in a
> > pkgsrc entry for compat_sunos :)
>
> Did you check the /README as mentioned in their FTP splash screen?  The
> license under which those things travel does not permit using them
> except "with the specific software previously licensed by you from Sun
> with which this Modification is intended to operate".  To my eye this
> rules out using them with NetBSD/sparc SunOS compatability mode.
>
> Now, as an individual you may choose to ignore that and probably
> (probably!) will not get in much trouble for it.  But I think it would
> set a really bad precedent for NetBSD's pkgsrc to do so.

	Hmm - It _would_ need to have an appropriate licence in
	pkgsrc/licenses :)

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