My upstream source contains .gif files that are not essential. If I delete
these file and never use them, can I use this tarball as my pristine source,
or must I resource?

Thank You.

P.S. there are a lot of complicated rules to create a package.
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>>>>> "PE" == Paul Elliott <pelliott@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?

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On Thursday, March 24, 2011 10:08:00 pm Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> >>>>> "PE" == Paul Elliott <pelliott@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.....


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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@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?

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On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 12:29:35PM +0100, Michel Alexandre Salim wrote:
> 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@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?
>
In particular, to write them. The reading of gif files was not under
the unisys patent.

-Toshio
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