[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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Michel Alexandre Salim

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