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Date:      Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:15:08 -0800
From:      list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com
To:        Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How do I specify and attribute multiple licenses?
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On 2025-02-11 23:53, Ronald Klop wrote:
> The main purpose (IMHO) of the license in the ports tree is to specify 
> if the distfile or package can be distributed.
> So as long as the licenses are similar in permissions I would keep it 
> simple and use the pkg-message to list additional details.
> Keep it simple. You can always make things complicated in the future if 
> there is a real necessity.

That's a good point.  The license file for each bit of vendor code gets 
included in the bundle.  The user can always read them if they wish.



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