From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 20 09:59:57 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94A8555E for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:59:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from eu1sys200aog124.obsmtp.com (eu1sys200aog124.obsmtp.com [207.126.144.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3A2F1948 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:59:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f169.google.com ([209.85.212.169]) (using TLSv1) by eu1sys200aob124.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP ID DSNKUcLSgui3RowTWzhtfnM1t2c7wyhQaeuO@postini.com; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:59:57 UTC Received: by mail-wi0-f169.google.com with SMTP id c10so1662933wiw.2 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:59:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:message-id:to:subject:reply-to:x-gm-message-state; bh=OPcvlrUoXey+Ln8cA2MPOboW4LkOog1d84KTo1hW1Vs=; b=MifYQX+qkjRFYCpqdjTM4G2qTX1dpDPTLqxz9MK9ah0xGjLy3WvnuGgtMRCCFqTtf9 L1PQWUAoRYZrUtLFfL80TYVTh66uMiseWRQ5mXhfjOYlOemlZ5icdoxJ8hZPzu0rOhzR R2JACNlEIhHCsB+s58d8W6DSVr7Xj5EOaiDehUo47tjIykYZEgXjPLhLvEoKDOZQUZW2 jCtWJ2VmalhYDYTCUm8Z5QntA9042jDFVHR1sTq0a58toIBDHGDwBsKbDcMB+Zqg5I8l TKwkzHaK7yZqUjdEHuLr6iua0ENYXEJ9XOlqQkAi3Azi0WqbwUiPbv3BkO67so9IB3lb R6Zw== X-Received: by 10.180.188.141 with SMTP id ga13mr13950905wic.9.1371722370378; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:59:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.180.188.141 with SMTP id ga13mr13950898wic.9.1371722370321; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:59:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk. [137.222.187.241]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id cw8sm14977014wib.7.2013.06.20.02.59.28 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:59:29 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Anton Shterenlikht Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r5K9xRdP088913 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:59:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.6/8.14.6/Submit) id r5K9xRh2088912 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:59:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas) Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:59:27 +0100 (BST) From: Anton Shterenlikht Message-Id: <201306200959.r5K9xRh2088912@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: what exactly does LICENSE= do? X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnM6PzhUj0k8S5SI+yvCoU6aT9rRQbAgSfl6x2XqAjXNoLpXtRDXcVJ9JYBteWFZQyamLKq3fpBykwjlV4y8Zbx85LbIM12HUHNEacIlfGqojEf6h356n+/1F5BP9vJw7zXgubKe0SURhgR7IFJ0LE/9HjbzT5iW6mb4n9E5bggaTBot8k= X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: mexas@bristol.ac.uk List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:59:57 -0000 I have LICENSE= GPLv3 in my port, and as a result I have these 3 files installed: $ ls -al /usr/local/share/licenses/robodoc-4.99.41/ total 104 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 20 10:07 . drwxr-xr-x 138 root wheel 3584 Jun 20 10:07 .. -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 35147 Jun 20 10:07 GPLv3 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 81 Jun 20 10:07 LICENSE -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 205 Jun 20 10:07 catalog.mk I note that sec 12.20. Miscellanea of the Porter's handbook says: *quote* Do not copy more copies of the GNU General Public License into our system, please. *end quote* I'm not clear whether this refers to ports installing GPL licenses via LICENSE=, or separately via other ports installs? Should I set NO_LICENSES_INSTALL, as there seems to be no point installing text of GPLv3? Or is the licensing data required by the pkgng framework, for some checks or reporting? I'm a bit confused Thanks Anton