Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:24:58 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handing references to GPL within ports Message-ID: <B94D4F5E-76C1-4436-9167-DEAF3041FDAE@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20070913072118.GB1179@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20070913072118.GB1179@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On Sep 13, 2007, at 12:21 AM, Peter Jeremy wrote: > I'm working on a port for H-Inventory (a computer inventory/resource > management tool). By default, it installs a copy of the GPL. > According to the Porter's Handbook, a port should avoid installing > copies of the GPL. Whilst it's fairly easy to adapt the port so it > doesn't install the license file, the installed web pages include at > least one hyperlink to the file (I haven't done a complete check). > > What is the preferred mechanism for handling this? > - Ignore the Porter's Handbook and install the file anyway > - Create a symlink to an existing copy of the GPL. > (In which case, where do I find a GPL that will always exist) > - Change the hyperlink to point to a copy of the GPL on the Internet > - something else. It wouldn't hurt to install the file anyway, but if you'd like to try to following the Porter's Handbook recommendations more closely, making a symlink to /usr/src/gnu/COPYING is going to provide you with the GPLv2 license text, presuming /usr/src is available on the machine in question. I don't think the third option is a good idea-- if the license for the software requires one to make the license text available, then it should be available from the same machine which the software is on. Regards, -- -Chuck
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