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| author | gdt <gdt@pkgsrc.org> | 2018-12-10 15:50:10 +0000 |
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| committer | gdt <gdt@pkgsrc.org> | 2018-12-10 15:50:10 +0000 |
| commit | d6ed93e4470b4328765b6dac897edac64bf39d34 (patch) | |
| tree | 011522438a831a4750b648d95d467a80ab345307 /mk | |
| parent | 87f8ef88359ec3a567b1e9c928e8e41feb830466 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-d6ed93e4470b4328765b6dac897edac64bf39d34.tar.gz | |
mk/license.mk: rewrite comments around license categories
Reorganize non-approved licenses based on inclusion rationale. Align
comments to inclusion policy.
(This is a comment-only change.)
Diffstat (limited to 'mk')
| -rw-r--r-- | mk/license.mk | 41 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/mk/license.mk b/mk/license.mk index 96e1f77bd4f..69381ddacec 100644 --- a/mk/license.mk +++ b/mk/license.mk @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: license.mk,v 1.94 2018/12/10 15:39:10 gdt Exp $ +# $NetBSD: license.mk,v 1.95 2018/12/10 15:50:10 gdt Exp $ # # This file handles everything about the LICENSE variable. It is # included automatically by bsd.pkg.mk. @@ -105,12 +105,14 @@ # Keywords: licence license # -# This list is not complete. Free and Open Source licenses should be -# added to the list as they are added to pkgsrc. -# -# The convention is that Free or Open Source licenses do not have a -# -license suffix, and nonfree licenses end in -license. +# The convention is that Free and Open Source licenses do not have a +# -license suffix, and non-Free licenses end in -license. Thus, +# license in DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES should not end in -license. # +# First, we set DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES to the set of licenses +# formally approved as Free Software by FSF or Open Source by OSI, +# except that we exclude the AGPL (clearly a Free license), following +# the decision of the board of TNF. DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES= \ apache-1.1 apache-2.0 \ arphic-public \ @@ -163,19 +165,26 @@ DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES= \ zpl-2.1 \ zsh -# not approved by OSI, derived from BSD -DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+= info-zip +# The following licenses meet the DFSG (but are not formally approved +# by FSF/OSI) as evidenced by inclusion in Debian main. +# +# \todo reference to package +DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+= happy +# used in https://sources.debian.org/copyright/license/lsof/ +DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+= purdue -# not approved by OSI, in line with Free Software principles but with rename -# restrictions and typefaces can not be sold by itself. -DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+= vera-ttf-license +# The following licenses are included based on it being obvious they +# would be approved. +# +# derived from BSD +DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+= info-zip -# DFSG, not evaluated by OSI/FSF -DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+= happy +# The following licenses do not currently meet our standards for +# inclusion. -# DFSG, not evaluated by OSI/FSF -# Mainly used in https://sources.debian.org/copyright/license/lsof/ -DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+= purdue +# mostly inline with Free Software principles and typefaces can not be +# sold by itself. +DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+= vera-ttf-license ##### Variant spellings |