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Re: licensing issues (was Re: jdk request)



On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Geert Hendrickx wrote:

> > I *HIGHLY* recommend not putting context patches into pkgsrc-wip.  If you
> > must do this, use simple ed-script patches only (e.g., "diff -e") to make
> > sure context is not included.
>
> Are things ok as they are in wip/jdk14 at the moment?  Or should all
> existing patches/ be converted to diff -e format?

I'd recommend converting them, committing, and then doing "cvs admin -o" for
all the previous revisions of the patch files.  Doing so would put the jdk14
package into at least questionable, rather than bad, legal status.  8-)

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-- Todd Vierling <tv%duh.org@localhost> <tv%pobox.com@localhost> 
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