[MacPorts] #67989: legacy-support: license precludes distributable binaries; declare license_noconflict, via pg 'legacysupport'?

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#67989: legacy-support: license precludes distributable binaries; declare
license_noconflict, via pg 'legacysupport'?
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  Reporter:  mascguy         |      Owner:  mascguy
      Type:  defect          |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports           |    Version:  2.8.1
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
      Port:  legacy-support  |
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Comment (by kencu):

 Replying to [comment:6 cjones051073]:
 > Ken, just because you link dynamically to a lib doesn’t excuse you from
 respecting the license for that library.

 Having a binary call code from another binary library is no different than
 having a shell script call another executable to do something.

 And nobody gives a rat's ass about the license in that case there, do they
 :>

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/67989#comment:11>
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