[vlc-devel] [vlc-commits] contrib: add option to build with advertising clause

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le keskiviikkona 27. syyskuuta 2017, 9.38.37 EEST Steve Lhomme a écrit :
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Rémi Denis-Courmont <git at videolan.org> 
wrote:
> > vlc | branch: master | Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi at remlab.net> | Tue Sep 26
> > 21:04:51 2017 +0300| [22bdb82cc96f7a67eeb78925b7ccd49bb38cea8d] |
> > committer: Rémi Denis-Courmont
> > 
> > contrib: add option to build with advertising clause
> > 
> > This allows build contribs with 4-clause BSD license or similar.
> > This is not compatible with GPLv2.
> > 
> >> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=22bdb82cc96f7a67ee
> >> b78925b7ccd49bb38cea8d> 
> > ---
> > 
> >  contrib/bootstrap               | 13 +++++++++++++
> >  contrib/src/freetype2/rules.mak |  4 ++--
> >  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/contrib/bootstrap b/contrib/bootstrap
> > index 773893855c..5e3760c5af 100755
> > --- a/contrib/bootstrap
> > +++ b/contrib/bootstrap
> > @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ usage()
> > 
> >         echo "  --enable-small   optimize libraries for size with slight
> >         speed decrease [DANGEROUS]" echo "  --disable-gpl    configure to
> >         not build viral GPL code"
> >         echo "  --disable-gnuv3  configure to not build version 3 (L)GPL
> >         code"
> > 
> > +       echo "  --enable-ad-clauses configure to build packages with
> > advertising clauses"

> I think the wording is misleading. As I read it, it means the code
> will handle the advertising clauses display. I would rather use
> "packages that require an advertising clause".

I can not fathom what it would for a package or package license to require an 
advertising clause. A package can have an advertising clause in its license, 
in other words, it can require advertisement.

So I cannot agree here.

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