Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:18:53 +0300 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Lorenzo Salvadore <phascolarctos@protonmail.ch> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Need opinion on license type Message-ID: <CAOgwaMuWMrZYgPGEnVwgyuWVQj-rAVfAq8Q4CONWSm9gnK%2BBsw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <klGH46jBDsR0qxHeXZuez-w_DrkH_hccWfsJCI5q6KFQYzaoOgfqRVPbRTQLtuy35AAD50996MI8hm-sZgV43Ns7ALJiGoPjdUcOaJEEuzM=@protonmail.ch> References: <CAFDf7UKwpqG8oYo=R%2BZqJgz6UWHzptH%2BEZWnWWLbSz1Ht60tdQ@mail.gmail.com> <14ae93faac0bf373d7371396d5538f7b@bsdforge.com> <klGH46jBDsR0qxHeXZuez-w_DrkH_hccWfsJCI5q6KFQYzaoOgfqRVPbRTQLtuy35AAD50996MI8hm-sZgV43Ns7ALJiGoPjdUcOaJEEuzM=@protonmail.ch>
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--000000000000f1a40b05e1a216f4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 12:35 PM Lorenzo Salvadore < phascolarctos@protonmail.ch> wrote: > > IMO at first sight it seems NONE since it don't match Predefined License > > List > > > https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#licenses-license-list > > A non predefined License is not NONE, it's a license that you have to > specify > manually, see for example > > https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#licenses-license_perms-ex1 > > You can find another example in math/maxima, where I had to add a > MAXIMAEXTRACLAUSE > license. > > If you put NONE, then no permission will be specified, although the > license seems to give > some. For example I think dist-mirror is fine. > > But please keep in mind that I am not a lawyer. > > Cheers, > > Lorenzo Salvadore > > For my personal needs I am maintaining a long list of software repositories . When there is not any license information in a repository , I am using ( Undefined ) phrase . But in a USA Government related Github repository , when a file in a repository does not have a license , they are using Unknown even if there are plenty of files with license information . For such cases , I am using , for example , ( BSD , see Parts ) When I am not able to identify a license with its name , but its license is permissive with some restrictions , I am using ( Restricted ) phrase ( For me this is UnUsable ... ) but some features may be studied . I am using ( Restricted ) phrase with a Permissive license such as BSD , ISC , or MIT , but it has additional requirements which I may not fulfill . If the license is weak or strong copyleft I am not recording it . In FreeBSD documents , If FreeBSD Project managers adopt such a scheme for exceptional licensed sources , their definitions may be used . I looked at the SPDX license list to search for an entry for such licenses , it seems that there is not any entry for unidentifiable licenses , or I did not understand their system correctly . With my best wishes . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk --000000000000f1a40b05e1a216f4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fon= t-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div></div><br><div class= =3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 17, 2022= at 12:35 PM Lorenzo Salvadore <<a href=3D"mailto:phascolarctos@protonma= il.ch">phascolarctos@protonmail.ch</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote clas= s=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid r= gb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">> IMO at first sight it seems NONE sin= ce it don't match Predefined License<br> > List<br> > <a href=3D"https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#li= censes-license-list" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://docs.free= bsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#licenses-license-list</a><br> <br> A non predefined License is not NONE, it's a license that you have to s= pecify<br> manually, see for example<br> <a href=3D"https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#license= s-license_perms-ex1" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://docs.free= bsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#licenses-license_perms-ex1</a><br> <br> You can find another example in math/maxima, where I had to add a MAXIMAEXT= RACLAUSE<br> license.<br> <br> If you put NONE, then no permission will be specified, although the license= seems to give<br> some. For example I think dist-mirror is fine.<br> <br> But please keep in mind that I am not a lawyer.<br> <br> Cheers,<br> <br> Lorenzo Salvadore<br> <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div sty= le=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default= ">For my personal needs I am maintaining a long list of <br></div><div styl= e=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default"= >software repositories .</div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;f= ont-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family= :tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">When there is n= ot any license information in a repository , <br></div><div style=3D"font-f= amily:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">I am using= <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" cla= ss=3D"gmail_default">( Undefined )</div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sa= ns-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">phrase .</div><div style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">= <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" clas= s=3D"gmail_default">But in a USA Government related Github repository , whe= n a</div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class= =3D"gmail_default">file in a repository does not have a license , they are = using <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large= " class=3D"gmail_default">Unknown <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahom= a,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">even if there are ple= nty of files with license information .</div><div style=3D"font-family:taho= ma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default"><br></div><div style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">= For such cases , I am using , for example ,</div><div style=3D"font-family:= tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">( BSD , see Part= s )</div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class= =3D"gmail_default"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;fo= nt-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">When I am not able to identify a lic= ense with its name , but its</div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-ser= if;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">license is permissive with some= restrictions , I am using</div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif= ;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">( Restricted )<br></div><div styl= e=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default"= ><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" cla= ss=3D"gmail_default">phrase ( For me this is=C2=A0 UnUsable ... ) but some = features may be <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-= size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">studied .</div><div style=3D"font-famil= y:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default"><br></div><div= style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_def= ault">I am using<br>( Restricted )<br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahom= a,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">phrase with a Permiss= ive license such as BSD , ISC , or MIT ,</div><div style=3D"font-family:tah= oma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">but it has addition= al requirements which I may not fulfill .</div><div style=3D"font-family:ta= homa,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default"><br></div><div sty= le=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default= ">If the license is weak or strong copyleft I am not recording it .</div><d= iv style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_d= efault"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:lar= ge" class=3D"gmail_default">In FreeBSD documents , If FreeBSD Project manag= ers adopt such</div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:l= arge" class=3D"gmail_default">a scheme for exceptional licensed sources , t= heir definitions may be used .</div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-s= erif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default"><br></div><div style=3D"font-= family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">I looked = at the SPDX license list to search for an entry for such licenses ,</div><d= iv style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_d= efault">it seems that there is not any entry for unidentifiable licenses , = or</div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class= =3D"gmail_default">I did not understand their system correctly .</div><div = style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_defa= ult"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"= class=3D"gmail_default"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-se= rif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">With my best wishes .</div><di= v style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_de= fault"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:larg= e" class=3D"gmail_default"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-= serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <br></= div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"g= mail_default"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-si= ze:large" class=3D"gmail_default"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahom= a,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default"><br></div><div style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default">= <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" clas= s=3D"gmail_default"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;f= ont-size:large" class=3D"gmail_default"></div><br></div><div><br></div><div= 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