Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 16:08:16 -0700
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org>
Cc: ports@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ${PORTSDIR}/LEGAL rewrite
Message-ID: <20040522230816.GB91261@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040522235033.0cbda9d6.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org>
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On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 11:50:33PM +0200, Clement Laforet wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>=20
> As some of you may have noticed, I played with ${PORTSDIR}/LEGAL today.
> This file is, IMHO, useless, since it's too human-readable (i.e. it's
> unusable if you want to use a script based on it).
> Futhermore, it's outdated, inaccurate and nobody really knows how it
> works.
> As far as I know, it's only used for website copyright section
> (http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/LEGAL).
>=20
> We should convert it to a new format "a la INDEX".
> Like this one:
> <portname>|<distfile patterns>|<reason>
>=20
> samples:
> games/actx|actx-*|contains commercial|character data
> games/adom|adom-*|Copy of CD must be sent toauthor
> games/alephone-data|AlephOne-*|Don't sell for profit
> security/altivore|altivore.c|No redistribution allowed
> etc.
>=20
> Multiple distfiles patterns can be supported with ";" as FS.
> What I propose to do:
> 1. Convert LEGAL to new format
> 2. Write a LEGAL -> LEGAL.html converter for www build
> 3. Adapt LEGALlint.pl to check LEGAL and remove restricted files from
> ${DISTDIR}
>=20
> Comments?
Probably a good idea, but I have plans to overhaul the license-related
variables along the lines of what OpenBSD does (explicitly listing
whether the port may be redistributed and/or sold on CD, FTP). I'm
hoping to start work on this in June. It may make sense to hold off
for a few weeks so we can coordinate.
Kris
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