Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:55:43 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Alex Dupre <ale@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: LEGAL variable to capture generic issues Message-ID: <CAF6rxg=DaYc_68AS-4-T6pJv1impWdB6Tv73m5Ld1W6nZuLQNg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <515052EB.30409@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAF6rxgn1zN_5Gz_2Zrg7W==Q7SuLcXeWta0EE1Zkjq_jsPwtpg@mail.gmail.com> <515052EB.30409@FreeBSD.org>
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On 25 March 2013 09:36, Alex Dupre <ale@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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). RESTRICTED does not cover "special permission granted to distribute" and other not-a-restriction things. > and related /usr/ports/LEGAL entries. The intent is to generate /usr/ports/LEGAL from the ports tree. -- Eitan Adler
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