Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:05:46 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> Cc: "ports@FreeBSD.org Ports" <ports@freebsd.org>, Nicola Vitale <nivit@freebsd.org>, marino@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LPPL10 license consequences intended? (arabic/arabtex) Message-ID: <CAN6yY1t0X%2BYE9s10wi0spV7_H4BDPks%2BC_UwXdZsd9Wnbh_%2BFA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <532DFDB2.1090200@cyberleo.net> References: <532DC88A.7010104@marino.st> <CAN6yY1uf67ogKyqNO025%2BpcU21PmFYCiQULd4z6TsaYbFma3_A@mail.gmail.com> <532DFDB2.1090200@cyberleo.net>
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On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:16 PM, CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net>wrote: > On 03/22/2014 02:27 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 10:29 AM, John Marino <freebsd.contact@marino.st > >wrote: > > > >> In December, Nicola set the license for Arabtex to LPPL10. > >> The result is that the port is no longer packagable: > >> > >>> ====>> Ignoring arabic/arabtex: License LPPL10 needs confirmation, but > >> BATCH is defined > >>> build of /usr/ports/arabic/arabtex ended at Mon Mar 17 16:12:44 PDT > 2014 > >> > >> From a quick conversation on IRC, I got the idea that the license was > >> correct and many more Tex packages should also have this license. > >> If/when that happens, does that mean Tex packages are only to be built > >> from source? > >> > >> Is it correct that LPPL10 can't be built in a batch? > > No. You must accept the license before you can build the port, and you > cannot interactively accept a license in non-interactive batch mode. > > See the commments in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.licenses.mk for what to set in > make.conf to automatically accept certain licenses. > I have again looked over the LPPL and there is no language requiring explicit acceptance of the license that I can find. I see nothing about this more restrictive than LGPL or other standard licenses. Am I missing it? > -- > Fuzzy love, > -CyberLeo > Technical Administrator > CyberLeo.Net Webhosting > http://www.CyberLeo.Net > <CyberLeo@CyberLeo.Net> > > Furry Peace! - http://www.fur.com/peace/ > -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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