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Subject: Re: Linux distro: permission to redistribute?
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From: Tatsuki Tomita <tatsuki at vivaldi dot com>
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Date: Thu, 4 May 2023 22:09:18 -0700
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Cc: =?utf-8?Q?Ruar=C3=AD_=C3=98degaard?= <ruario at vivaldi dot com>
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To: abby at voidlinux dot org
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Hello Abby,
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Thank you for reaching out and your interest in distributing Vivaldi.
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Yes, please feel free to distribute Vivaldi as an unrestricted package.
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We are excited to see that more Void linux user will discover and try Vivaldi.
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If you need any other assistance, please let us know.
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Kind regards,
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Tatsuki
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> On May 3, 2023, at 12:58 PM, abby <abby at voidlinux dot org> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I am a maintainer of Void Linux (https://voidlinux.org).
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> Currently, we package Vivaldi as a "restricted" package (one the user has to
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> build themselves) because (as we read/understood it) there is no explicit
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> permission to redistribute the files in our repositories and mirrors as a
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> package for Void's package manager.
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> Recently, I noticed the "Linux Distributions" page on Vivaldi's website
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> (https://vivaldi.com/partners/linux/) and that some other distributions
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> package Vivaldi in their regular repositories (equivalent to an
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> "unrestricted" package on Void).
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> Do we need explicit permission to redistribute Vivaldi in this manner, and if
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> so, can we get that permission?
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> Thanks,
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> Abby
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