Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:24:34 +0000 From: Lorenzo Salvadore <phascolarctos@protonmail.ch> To: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to exclude some sparse files from LICENSE_DISTFILES Message-ID: <mSfjO97hScEN_UO8pqaS9xE3sSVHlE3m8pJzoHKnG97uzDf8PpK1EpIUo8DmUbtuccn_x2riMqNJ2BU3bFcjohi-1vTsX3Ap3nxnh8dcygI=@protonmail.ch> In-Reply-To: <20181008095347.nss7babndpmpjzf7@atuin.in.mat.cc> References: <8nNsBOTunmQcKpoxKMFPhOWPm7kXXRjEaurvCK5Wusg5eR7sdHkXB-XG49j5jHQSl9yImRA_njYwu1Pv3OKSCEu5DK55t3k7nkFDCd5UbPE=@protonmail.ch> <20181008095347.nss7babndpmpjzf7@atuin.in.mat.cc>
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> On Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 12:24:54PM +0000, Lorenzo Salvadore via freebsd-p= orts wrote: > > > Hello. > > I am trying to adopt and update a port which has no license specified. > > Almost all files are under public domain, but there are some exceptions= , not all > > in the same directories, so I would need to assign to LICENSE_DISTFILES= _PD > > a value that means "all files are under public domain unless otherwise = stated". > > I thought I could use something like LICENSE_DISTFILES_PD!=3D$(find ...= ), but I know > > that !=3D is discouraged ( https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-= ports/2008-July/049777.html ). > > Is there some nice solution to this problem? Maybe just not defining LI= CENSE_DISTFILES_PD? > > Defining an ALMOSTPD license? > > LICENSE_DISTFILES* is about distfiles, the things in > /usr/ports/distfiles, not about the files in the work directory. You > can say "this tar.gz is PD, and this tar.gz is GPL" but not more than tha= t. > > What you want is > > LICENSE=3D PD OTHER > LICENSE_COMB=3D multi > > (Note if the other license is not defined, you have to define it > further.) Thank you very much. Indeed, I had misunderstood the documentation: now everything is clear (and I have some new ports to correct). Lorenzo Salvadore.
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