Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:25:45 +0000 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> To: Chris <portmaster@bsdforge.com> Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why is the BSD 1-Clause License not supported "out of the box" on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <ZhlgifyVOp6cy7Ka@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <e0b649ac0148578aaed233c33210bd07@bsdforge.com> References: <e0b649ac0148578aaed233c33210bd07@bsdforge.com>
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On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 11:48:16PM -0700, Chris wrote: > I'm doing a full sweep of ports missing LICENSE and I continue > to have to jump through additional hurdles to represent the > BSD 1-Clause License in ports that use it. This has been puzzling > be for some time. So I'm asking. Why isn't it represented in > Mk/bsdlicenses.db.mk along with all the other BSD/MIT licenses? > Is there something in it that doesn't agree with the Foundations > policies? I've read the License Guide[1]. It's listed as OSI > approved[2] and it has an SPDX-License-Identifier[3]. Is this an > appropriate place to ask this question? Or is this something I > need to direct to core@ ? It's uncommon (being AFACT an overly verbose version of MIT) so no one added it? Why not submit a patch instead of assuming a conspiracy? -- Brooks
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