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-rw-r--r--mk/license.mk17
-rw-r--r--pkgtools/pkg_install/files/lib/license.c3
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/mk/license.mk b/mk/license.mk
index 72207bfe23b..2f2077bc9fb 100644
--- a/mk/license.mk
+++ b/mk/license.mk
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# $NetBSD: license.mk,v 1.96 2019/02/06 14:38:02 wiz Exp $
+# $NetBSD: license.mk,v 1.97 2019/02/10 21:35:01 wiz Exp $
#
# This file handles everything about the LICENSE variable. It is
# included automatically by bsd.pkg.mk.
#
# XXX There should be one place to set the default list and for users
# to set the ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES list, used by both source builds and
-# binary installs.
+# binary installs#
#
# XXX: Some of this content arguably belongs in the pkgsrc guide
# instead.
@@ -79,11 +79,17 @@
# acceptability must be inferred from inclusion in main.
#
# The board of The NetBSD Foundation is the final arbiter of
-# which licenses may be in DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES.
+# which licenses may be in DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES. As an
+# exception to the above policy on treating Free, Open Source,
+# and DFSG licenses as acceptable, the board has decided that
+# licenses that trigger obligations from use (rather than
+# redistribution), such as the Affero GPL, should not be in
+# DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES.
#
# Licenses not formally approved as Free or Open Source may be
-# added if they have terms that would obviously be approved
-# by FSF or OSI if the effort were made. Such license
+# added if they have terms that would 1) obviously be approved
+# by FSF or OSI if the effort were made and 2) obviously not
+# trigger the above issue with AGPL-type licenses. Such license
# names will be in an additional section and have a comment near
# them in the assignment to DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES.
#
@@ -122,7 +128,6 @@ DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES= \
epl-v1.0 \
eupl-v1.1 \
gfsl \
- gnu-agpl-v3 \
gnu-fdl-v1.1 gnu-fdl-v1.2 gnu-fdl-v1.3 \
gnu-gpl-v1 \
gnu-gpl-v2 gnu-lgpl-v2 gnu-lgpl-v2.1 \
diff --git a/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/lib/license.c b/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/lib/license.c
index 0937c119aa3..532795df4a1 100644
--- a/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/lib/license.c
+++ b/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/lib/license.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: license.c,v 1.53 2019/02/06 14:38:02 wiz Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: license.c,v 1.54 2019/02/10 21:35:01 wiz Exp $ */
/*-
* Copyright (c) 2009 Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@NetBSD.org>.
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ const char *default_acceptable_licenses =
"epl-v1.0 "
"eupl-v1.1 "
"gfsl "
- "gnu-agpl-v3 "
"gnu-fdl-v1.1 gnu-fdl-v1.2 gnu-fdl-v1.3 "
"gnu-gpl-v1 "
"gnu-gpl-v2 gnu-lgpl-v2 gnu-lgpl-v2.1 "