Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:43:09 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> To: Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r345472 - in head/mail: mmr smtpfeed Message-ID: <CAF6rxg=CnfZPHuxY8A3tz94ZntnWdv9wKbxBzCU2aJCAFDjTQA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <724E420543C93474E8AD21FA@ogg.in.absolight.net> References: <201402211451.s1LEpO30005480@svn.freebsd.org> <20140310141642.GA92282@FreeBSD.org> <724E420543C93474E8AD21FA@ogg.in.absolight.net>
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On 10 March 2014 10:33, Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> wrote: > +--On 10 mars 2014 14:16:42 +0000 Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> > wrote: > | On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 02:51:24PM +0000, Emanuel Haupt wrote: > |> New Revision: 345472 > |> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/345472 > |> QAT: https://qat.redports.org/buildarchive/r345472/ > |> > |> Log: > |> Restore LICENSE_FILE as mat pointed out that BSD licenses have > |> copyright holder in them. > |> > |> [...] > |> > |> LICENSE= GPLv2 > |> +LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING > | > | But this on is GPLv2, no? > > Yes, and ? I pointed that out for the BSD licenses, but it's true for most > of them. > The only reason for not having a LICENSE_FILE, would be the port only > saying it's GPLv2 without shipping with the file. LICENSE= is largely useless for actual lawyers, but setting LICENSE_FILE can be kind of helpful. In addition setting LICENSE_FILE can help to find mistakes in LICENSE= more easily. IMHO LICENSE_FILE should always be set. -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams
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