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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:48:39 +0100
From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de>
To: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>
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Subject: Re: License info Q
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Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> wrote:

> I need to get license info from a batch of ports and packages.
>=20
> Problem is not all the specified ports/pkgs are installed or have license
> info in their Makefile.  Is there a reliable way to enumerate port or
> package license strings, preferably without fetching a package tarfile?

No. Also note that the "license information" in the Makefiles is often
misleading[1] and thus not particular useful if you actually care about
license compliance.

Unfortunately reporting incorrect license information seems to be
a waste of time so things are unlikely to improve any time soon:
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D195807

Fabian

[1] The lack of documentation doesn't help.

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