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Re:From xz to ibus: more questionable tarballs by gunapologist99 on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @08:09AM (#39904825)
That shouldn't matter, then; it should just result in a new release.
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Re:From xz to ibus: more questionable tarballs by viraptor on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @08:28AM (#39904944)
You can't distribute the old versions with copyright violation. The problem doesn't go away just because you released a new version.
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Re:From xz to ibus: more questionable tarballs by nilamo on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @09:27AM (#39905513)
But then you have two different things (with and without copyrighted data) both with the same version. Wouldn't it be better to just remove the bad release, and publish a new one? They are, after all, not the same things, and shouldn't have the same release.
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