Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:36:43 +0100 From: Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: LEGAL variable to capture generic issues Message-ID: <515052EB.30409@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgn1zN_5Gz_2Zrg7W==Q7SuLcXeWta0EE1Zkjq_jsPwtpg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgn1zN_5Gz_2Zrg7W==Q7SuLcXeWta0EE1Zkjq_jsPwtpg@mail.gmail.com>
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Eitan Adler ha scritto: > I have been trying to capture the differences between LEGAL and the ports tree. > At this point I am convinced we need a new variable to capture in a > machine usable way issues such as "special permission granted to > distribute under the GPL" or "No license -- see > http://cr.yp.to/softwarelaw.html". Furthermore some ports define > NO_PACKAGE for reasons of legality (GPL issues) and others defined it > for other reasons (the package becomes too big). We have no method to > differentiate between these two reasons. For license reasons we already have this: # RESTRICTED - Prevent the distribution of distfiles and packages to # the FTP sites or on CDROM (e.g. forbidden by license # considerations). and related /usr/ports/LEGAL entries. -- Alex Dupre
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