Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 22:17:34 +1100 From: Kubilay Kocak <koobs@FreeBSD.org> To: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>, freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: License info Q Message-ID: <564C5E4E.2010906@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20151118114839.431a3adf@fabiankeil.de> References: <20151118114839.431a3adf@fabiankeil.de>
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On 18/11/2015 9:48 PM, Fabian Keil wrote: > Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> wrote: > >> I need to get license info from a batch of ports and packages. >> >> 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. Fabian, If they're incorrect, please submit an issue to rectify them (either in ports, or upstream), like Awesome George has here: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204638 > 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=195807 It's not a waste of time, it's a collaborative effort. For a full and complete response (that I urge you to read and consider completely), see the following thread, including my last reply: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2015-July/099906.html > Fabian > > [1] The lack of documentation doesn't help. In the meantime, we'll continue to attempt to annotate software metadata in the ports tree as best we can. P.S: Apologies for not honouring your Reply-To. ./koobs
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