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| author | gdt <gdt@pkgsrc.org> | 2007-08-22 16:29:15 +0000 |
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| committer | gdt <gdt@pkgsrc.org> | 2007-08-22 16:29:15 +0000 |
| commit | 8f2d111dc4a6c572a609a88bd0f2eee7b3968097 (patch) | |
| tree | bc79923865a79f726e370c74b6463a4082eee51c | |
| parent | 7f89a5c33b2e797501e6cc5869b63a438f8e452c (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-8f2d111dc4a6c572a609a88bd0f2eee7b3968097.tar.gz | |
Describe DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES better.
Add GPL v3 to DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES.
Add plan for dealing with Free licenses that have not been approved as
Free.
| -rw-r--r-- | mk/license.mk | 27 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/mk/license.mk b/mk/license.mk index a58a686efa4..89a216a02ea 100644 --- a/mk/license.mk +++ b/mk/license.mk @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: license.mk,v 1.7 2007/08/14 15:23:53 gdt Exp $ +# $NetBSD: license.mk,v 1.8 2007/08/22 16:29:15 gdt Exp $ # # Note: This file is in draft state and not yet actively used. # @@ -57,30 +57,31 @@ # === Predefined variables === # # DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES -# The list of licenses that before July, 2007 did not require -# tagging because they were Open Source or Free. The intent is -# to make it contain licenses that are Open Source or Free and -# not controversial, so as to provide a default that almost all -# people find acceptable. (Many people will want to add more -# licenses to ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES; the point is to have a -# default that very few people want to shrink.) +# The list of licenses that will be the default value of +# ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES. Adapting the longstanding policy of Open +# Source or Free licenses not requiring tags, it should contain +# all licenses that are Open Source or Free, so as to provide +# the most expansive default that almost all people find +# acceptable. (Many people will want to add more licenses to +# ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES; the point is to have a default that very +# few people want to shrink.) # # === See also === # # ../doc/TODO, section "Licenses of packages" # -# TODO: Determine whether GPLv3 should be included (and therefore if -# there should be a "widely accepted" test in addition to open -# source/free). Perhaps wait until OSI decides whether or not to -# approve GPLv3 as open source. - # This list is not complete. Free and Open Source licenses should be # added to the list as they are added to pkgsrc. +# XXX Surely we will encounter licenses that clearly are Free, but +# which have not been formally approved. These licenses, if added, +# should be somehow marked. + DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES= \ public-domain \ gnu-gpl-v2 gnu-lgpl-v2 \ + gnu-gpl-v3 gnu-lgpl-v3 \ original-bsd modified-bsd \ x11 \ apache-2.0 \ |