Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:33:22 -0800 From: Milo Hyson <milo@cyberlifelabs.com> To: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Subject: License links in the ports pages Message-ID: <41F97A42.8020406@cyberlifelabs.com>
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On the pages that list ports information (e.g. http://www.freebsd.org/ports/audio.html), I'm thinking it would be nice to have a link next to description, sources, etc. to a package's license. Granted, with so many thousands of ports, it's not something that's going to happen overnight. However, it could be an invaluable tool for people who are considering the use of a particular product but want to first ensure they're OK with the licensing terms. Perhaps even better would be to put the link down near the "Requires" and "Also listed in" items, and have the anchor text itself be a short phrase identifying the type of license (e.g. GPL, Mozilla, etc.). That way, people can see at a glance what general kind of license is employed, and those who want to read the actual text can follow the link. Just a thought. :) -- Milo Hyson Chief Scientist CyberLife Labs
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