Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 14:15:28 +0200 From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> To: "Montgomery-Smith, Stephen" <stephen@missouri.edu>, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: LICENSE questions Message-ID: <614130db-1846-3c97-e94b-7962adc604d0@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <c593c4c4-0903-400d-0f9f-4452278246b3@missouri.edu> References: <b2a4e74d-cbe3-d70e-553c-dcfbdc9442f1@missouri.edu> <CAF6rxgmQuK31iiNoE57sJcTVaqDdSmB6Pf%2BBYwmbWWBtrtYGYg@mail.gmail.com> <d456df7f-259e-8c1b-5178-8e9a5e948718@missouri.edu> <CAF6rxg=uSmn05Kc6sHycwF=FYO%2BhrRVLJi5NNPd4hVq=oott_w@mail.gmail.com> <11cf69da-01ed-e7c3-9c2b-2291e22ab6e9@missouri.edu> <126e66dd-8cee-2475-f44d-193934d1f587@FreeBSD.org> <CAF6rxgndWSMTDRHtG3FNb1m1ZrvZeYUfQwo8kXcS=QpC6i5RbA@mail.gmail.com> <fd3fcd46-6950-9fb9-0272-09d35f7fb158@FreeBSD.org> <c593c4c4-0903-400d-0f9f-4452278246b3@missouri.edu>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --1vqG4teoKVnswa3NAMxeOeDgEBIQr2arD Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="l158fBNimGfGg1JbuIGXiw4Lpop6Ll5FF"; protected-headers="v1" From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> To: "Montgomery-Smith, Stephen" <stephen@missouri.edu>, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Message-ID: <614130db-1846-3c97-e94b-7962adc604d0@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: LICENSE questions References: <b2a4e74d-cbe3-d70e-553c-dcfbdc9442f1@missouri.edu> <CAF6rxgmQuK31iiNoE57sJcTVaqDdSmB6Pf+BYwmbWWBtrtYGYg@mail.gmail.com> <d456df7f-259e-8c1b-5178-8e9a5e948718@missouri.edu> <CAF6rxg=uSmn05Kc6sHycwF=FYO+hrRVLJi5NNPd4hVq=oott_w@mail.gmail.com> <11cf69da-01ed-e7c3-9c2b-2291e22ab6e9@missouri.edu> <126e66dd-8cee-2475-f44d-193934d1f587@FreeBSD.org> <CAF6rxgndWSMTDRHtG3FNb1m1ZrvZeYUfQwo8kXcS=QpC6i5RbA@mail.gmail.com> <fd3fcd46-6950-9fb9-0272-09d35f7fb158@FreeBSD.org> <c593c4c4-0903-400d-0f9f-4452278246b3@missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <c593c4c4-0903-400d-0f9f-4452278246b3@missouri.edu> --l158fBNimGfGg1JbuIGXiw4Lpop6Ll5FF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le 04/10/2016 =C3=A0 14:03, Montgomery-Smith, Stephen a =C3=A9crit : > On 10/04/2016 06:47 AM, Mathieu Arnold wrote: >> Le 04/10/2016 =C3=A0 09:29, Eitan Adler a =C3=A9crit : >>> On 4 October 2016 at 00:25, Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>> Le 04/10/2016 =C3=A0 03:58, Montgomery-Smith, Stephen a =C3=A9crit := >>>>> Could we use USES=3Dmetaport to suppress these messages? >>>> Suppress what messages ? >>> 115 .if defined(LICENSE) >>> 119 .else >>> 120 DEV_WARNING+=3D "Please set LICENSE for this port" >>> 121 .endif >> Mmmm, this is a warning, not an error, it tells you "dude, maybe you >> need to do this". >> I don't see a good reason to complicate the logic more. >> > Because naive port maintainers like myself might think they should add = a > LICENSE to any metaport they happen to own. > > One of the issues I have with LICENSE is that I don't see anything abou= t > it in the porters handbook. Otherwise that would be an excellent place= > to tell maintainers of metaports not to license them. Nobody stepped up to write a LICENSE section. I started writing https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56 but it is crappy. > Also the tone is quite commanding. If it said "Consider setting LICENS= E > for this port", that would be more acceptable. Really, I think it > should say "Please set LICENSE for this port, unless this is a metaport= ". Feel free to make the message better, it is in Mk/bsd.sanity.mk. --=20 Mathieu Arnold --l158fBNimGfGg1JbuIGXiw4Lpop6Ll5FF-- --1vqG4teoKVnswa3NAMxeOeDgEBIQr2arD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJX851hXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQzQUI2OTc4OUQyRUQxMjEwNjQ0MEJBNUIz QTQ1MTZGMzUxODNDRTQ4AAoJEDpFFvNRg85IkZsP/3wfWzSvj9gJygta+Ix8pWZF GGBHLHYtHxowKw+hCVTu2Dwdc99Z/HitB5WybOpMGsBUS2pSD4BRDjwBvZ7yz3HM qnhs259kVlu5QZywKAYnB8jcjFp5w5/Vq34qfM/Zw0tm9ZWzh/DSopmD6VUOINYg hdHWQSwEqbuYCsF44yW32Jobr3Nd6uDRAlk8rkQsEvDmT9cw9CeTyd+MNzR9Wf7e dMs+TNK9lKcNhoNoUYdXi5gtO5c1kyUtopVt+XmVSRpohQuOBMY4Oeo2I/PuSJyb A3/0QjlLyhw/UnrVd8w6UNOaaYbLJN6P/xGgpJM/lX13bQH6YcPZsdz3yxozK/it /lVE4DPlvJD7ynKiDLB1zc0l7ZErY6LsVzfijG28SmgSxhcWTMAh/9fs3OBWUxDb jg0uaUoNC+78aHSi+hG6XUB+VpUjleKr2Odf5K+Em4OJKteevcuRWdjiLZOwMSeJ hTYGZyqmc60s8ql7ZD+j/ReLE+RgbuEvQYDS2tWwuaPfmCVRzO7SfKwarmQOyPgM vRgfAm9fq35NzuwNtgHxWZ4EVs69rl0VV4gptMncMrchg5C0q+CnK7UubLzJAlro W7jct1Xm6HVwa1vIrsKiA2NQazGlDZPCLd/MHjamUys8xzUlCdfPNnd1BLaUtEbY TraeusIlSJoFkSFwP9RQ =cGWQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1vqG4teoKVnswa3NAMxeOeDgEBIQr2arD--
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