Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:09:13 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: multimedia/linux-realplayer port marked as BROKEN Message-ID: <20120629230913.03e8792c@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <CADLo838hHgoQ5bgreDw5fp2i7gUFb0p7rjczbEEPd7fJDtSW8w@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120629111259.72dd96d1@scorpio> <CADLo83_1nU1ZWHdonnuRM0vtB5cu6ZCrVNGYjiARnbZSnJzYLg@mail.gmail.com> <20120629175853.13f6d4e2@gumby.homeunix.com> <CADLo838hHgoQ5bgreDw5fp2i7gUFb0p7rjczbEEPd7fJDtSW8w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:01:56 +0100 Chris Rees wrote: > On 29 June 2012 17:58, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:17:40 +0100 > > Chris Rees wrote: > > > >> On Jun 29, 2012 4:13 PM, "Jerry" <jerry@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. What's explicitly forbidden? The distribution licence forbids hosting the files, but there's nothing that says you can't tell people that realplayer can be obtained from real.com and offer an alternative installer to rpm - which is all the port would be.
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