[Fedora-packaging] upstream source contains .gif files.
Michel Alexandre Salim
salimma at fedoraproject.org
Sat Mar 26 11:29:35 UTC 2011
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 at 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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