Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:48:44 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 187926] New port: devel/liballium - Tor pluggable transports utility library Message-ID: <bug-187926-13-NJd2n55kxA@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-187926-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-187926-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187926 --- Comment #25 from John Marino <marino@FreeBSD.org> --- (In reply to Adam Weinberger from comment #24) > The whole of bsd.licenses.mk is wrapped in .if defined(LICENSE). Using > LICENSE_FILE with an unknown license also requires breaking down the license > into LICENSE_PERMS. Submitter is correct that it isn't as easy as just > defining LICENSE_FILE and being done with it. If you use a value of LICENSE that is recognized, the permissions are defined. If you use a value of LICENSE that is not recognized, you *must* define the permissions (and LICENCE_TEXT or LICENSE_FILE). If you don't want to define permissions then my recommendation is omit the license completely (as you know). That said, there are only 5 permissions, it's not that big a deal. Any normal license is going to permit all 5 things. > There is no officially sanctioned location for licenses. Thousands of other > ports install their license file into DOCSDIR, and this port does the same. It's only a matter of time before they are forcibly moved to LICENCES when somebody finally starts caring about the LICENSE framework. It's just shoving work on somebody down the road. > Fabian, if you believe that the COPYING file should go back into > ${PREFIX}/share/licenses where you originally had it, I am fine with moving > it there instead. Past that, I agree with you that LICENSE* is ambiguous. > > I'll leave the decision up to you, I am happy to move the file to > share/licenses or leave it as-is and close this PR. I'm less ambivalent. I don't really see the download to using LICENSE_FILE. If it's a matter of principle then just skip the whole thing. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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