[Nix-dev] Automatic download option for "requireFile"

[Tomasz Kontusz]

Talking about laws: are there any guidelines about what software can go into nixpkgs/can be distributed by hydra?
I know many distributions try to somehow separate the software illegal in USA (mostly DRM-related/patented stuff).

Kirill Elagin <kirelagin at gmail.com> napisał:
>As far as I understand, this is already happening if possible. That is,
>once you agree to have packages with unfree licenses, they will be
>fetched
>for you. And will we have to accept licenses one by one or altogether
>(as
>it is happening now) is a separate discussion.
>The problem with Oracle JDK and similar software is that the user is
>required to accept the license specifically on their web site. Doing
>what
>you propose would probably be illegal (otherwise other distros would
>have
>implemented this, right?), so it might be a good idea to consult
>lawyers
>first ;).
>
>On Sat, Feb 21, 2015, 18:00 Thomas Strobel <ts468 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I intend to add an automatic download option for software packages
>where
>> the user needs to accept a special license, like for example
>oraclejdk.
>> At the moment the nixpkgs build tool points to a specific download
>page,
>> and the users have to download the package themselves.
>> I would like to add the possibility to accept the package specific
>> license in the general nixpkgs config, e.g., with
>> "config.license.oraclejdk.accept=true;" in the user's nixpkgs
>> configuration, and then have the build tool downloading the package
>> directly.
>>
>> Before I go ahead and implement it, what do you think about it?
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Thomas
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