Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 15:51:01 -0300 From: Alejandro Pulver <alepulver@FreeBSD.org> To: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> Cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org, Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/Mk bsd.licenses.db.mk bsd.licenses.mk bsd.port.mk Message-ID: <4BFD6D95.7020609@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4BFC863E.7000001@FreeBSD.org> References: <201005250025.o4P0P2Fj033764@repoman.freebsd.org> <20100525093915.03cfacfa@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <AANLkTimnACR60whgHPo-005k-F0lr8bvFei2VqafCHOd@mail.gmail.com> <4BFC863E.7000001@FreeBSD.org>
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On 5/25/2010 11:23 PM, Alejandro Pulver wrote: > On 5/25/2010 4:06 AM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > >> Thanks as well Alejandro for the hard work. >> >> Just out of curiosity, was any exploration done with existing work in >> the NetBSD side as far as existing licenses or naming schemes are >> concerned? I ask because if it seems logical, I would go with some of >> the names that they've established, because they're down to a fairly >> good level of granularity (even between the different BSDL versions). >> > > No, but it's a good idea. I'll check it out before importing licenses. > One of the main differences between their version and ours is that they separate licensing information from redistribution restrictions. According to: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/fixes.html#handling-licenses The port developer should set both LICENSE (only one) and restrictions (NO_{BIN,SRC}_ON_{FTP,CDROM}) independently. But our version was intended to replace RESTRICTED, NO_CDROM, NO_PACKAGE (which is ambiguous as sometimes it's not used for redistribution restrictions) and ports/LEGAL (may be automatically generated if desired, after ports are converted). We also gain a little more flexibility (the four possible combinations). If desired, restriction names could be matched to their implementation (pkg -> bin, dist -> src, etc). Currently pkgsrc has 152 license files in /usr/ports/licenses. I think it should be OK to start from there (for the ones needed). I guess in practice most ports would use LICENSE=something and don't bother with other variables, but for restricted ports or complicated cases they may prove useful (specially with FOSSology, after the next version is released). Regards, Alehome | help
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