Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:20:49 -0400 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> To: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org>, Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r345472 - in head/mail: mmr smtpfeed Message-ID: <20140311002049.GA83403@apnoea.adamw.org> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxg=CnfZPHuxY8A3tz94ZntnWdv9wKbxBzCU2aJCAFDjTQA@mail.gmail.com> References: <201402211451.s1LEpO30005480@svn.freebsd.org> <20140310141642.GA92282@FreeBSD.org> <724E420543C93474E8AD21FA@ogg.in.absolight.net> <CAF6rxg=CnfZPHuxY8A3tz94ZntnWdv9wKbxBzCU2aJCAFDjTQA@mail.gmail.com>
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>> (2014/03/10 @ 1943 EST): Eitan Adler said, in 1.1K: << > On 10 March 2014 10:33, Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> wrote: > > +--On 10 mars 2014 14:16:42 +0000 Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> > > wrote: > > | On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 02:51:24PM +0000, Emanuel Haupt wrote: > > |> New Revision: 345472 > > |> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/345472 > > |> QAT: https://qat.redports.org/buildarchive/r345472/ > > |> > > |> Log: > > |> Restore LICENSE_FILE as mat pointed out that BSD licenses have > > |> copyright holder in them. > > |> > > |> [...] > > |> > > |> LICENSE= GPLv2 > > |> +LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING > > | > > | But this on is GPLv2, no? > > > > Yes, and ? I pointed that out for the BSD licenses, but it's true for most > > of them. > > The only reason for not having a LICENSE_FILE, would be the port only > > saying it's GPLv2 without shipping with the file. > > LICENSE= is largely useless for actual lawyers, but setting > LICENSE_FILE can be kind of helpful. > In addition setting LICENSE_FILE can help to find mistakes in LICENSE= > more easily. > > IMHO LICENSE_FILE should always be set. > >> end of "Re: svn commit: r345472 - in head/mail: mmr smtpfeed" from Eitan Adler << Can it maybe default to `find ${WRKSRC} -name COPYING -or -name LICENSE | head -1`? # Adam -- Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org http://www.adamw.org
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