Package redirects as a solution

[Michel Alexandre Salim]

On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 17:11 -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
[snip]
> I agree with the earlier suggestion that package-level redirects would
> be a good solution for some of this sort of thing.  So, for example,
> the Fedora yum repository could carry a redirect that would send
> queries for flash-plugin to the macromedia site.

Is it absolutely certain that that is permissible? IMHO this is
analogous to displaying a copyrighted image on your website that is
streamed off someone else's website. You would be claiming to host the
file while actually leeching someone's bandwith.

- Michel
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