upstream source contains .gif files.

[Paul Elliott]

My upstream source contains .gif files that are not essential. If I delete 
these file and never use them, can I use this tarball as my pristine source,
or must I resource?

Thank You.

P.S. there are a lot of complicated rules to create a package.
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[Jason L Tibbitts III]

> >>>> "PE" == Paul Elliott
> <pelliott(a)blackpatchpanel.com&gt; writes: 
PE> My upstream source contains .gif files that are not essential. If I
PE> delete these file and never use them, can I use this tarball as my
PE> pristine source, or must I resource?

Why do you think you would need to do so?  Are those files under a
license that is not acceptable for Fedora?

 - J<

[Paul Elliott]

On Thursday, March 24, 2011 10:08:00 pm Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>  >>>>> "PE" == Paul Elliott
> <pelliott(a)blackpatchpanel.com&gt; writes:
>  PE> My upstream source contains .gif files that are not essential. If I
>  PE> delete these file and never use them, can I use this tarball as my
>  PE> pristine source, or must I resource?
>  
>  Why do you think you would need to do so?  Are those files under a
>  license that is not acceptable for Fedora?
>   
Nevermind, I found out that patent expired.....


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[Michel Alexandre Salim]

On 03/25/2011 06:38 AM, Paul Elliott wrote:
>  On Thursday, March 24, 2011 10:08:00 pm Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> >>>>>> "PE" == Paul
> Elliott<pelliott(a)blackpatchpanel.com>  writes:
> > PE>  My upstream source contains .gif files that are not essential. If I
> > PE>  delete these file and never use them, can I use this tarball as my
> > PE>  pristine source, or must I resource?
> >
> > Why do you think you would need to do so?  Are those files under a
> > license that is not acceptable for Fedora?
> >
>
>  Nevermind, I found out that patent expired.....
>  
Even before the patent expired, I don't think you were prohibited from 
having GIF files, just to actually make use of them?

Regards,

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[Toshio Kuratomi]

On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 12:29:35PM +0100, Michel Alexandre Salim wrote:
>  On 03/25/2011 06:38 AM, Paul Elliott wrote:
>  > On Thursday, March 24, 2011 10:08:00 pm Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>  >>>>>>> "PE" == Paul
> Elliott<pelliott(a)blackpatchpanel.com>  writes:
>  >> PE>  My upstream source contains .gif files that are not essential. If I
>  >> PE>  delete these file and never use them, can I use this tarball as my
>  >> PE>  pristine source, or must I resource?
>  >>
>  >> Why do you think you would need to do so?  Are those files under a
>  >> license that is not acceptable for Fedora?
>  >>
>  >
>  > Nevermind, I found out that patent expired.....
>  >
>  Even before the patent expired, I don't think you were prohibited from 
>  having GIF files, just to actually make use of them?
>   
In particular, to write them.  The reading of gif files was not under
the unisys patent.

-Toshio