Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 19:41:37 -0400
From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>
To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org>
Cc: ports@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ${PORTSDIR}/LEGAL rewrite
Message-ID: <p06020403bcd59524386e@[128.113.24.47]>
In-Reply-To: <20040522230816.GB91261@xor.obsecurity.org>
References: <20040522235033.0cbda9d6.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> <20040522230816.GB91261@xor.obsecurity.org>
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At 4:08 PM -0700 5/22/04, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 11:50:33PM +0200, Clement Laforet wrote:
> >
> > 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}
>>
>> 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.
If this is information which will be set for each port, would
it make sense to have it included in the port, instead of as a
separate file?
--
Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu
Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu
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