Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:23:00 GMT From: Thomas Zander <riggs@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/186662: Suggestion: Change confusing wording in bsd.licenses.mk Message-ID: <201402111923.s1BJN0ln065842@cgiserv.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201402111930.s1BJU0r6022788@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 186662
>Category: ports
>Synopsis: Suggestion: Change confusing wording in bsd.licenses.mk
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 11 19:30:00 UTC 2014
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Thomas Zander
>Release:
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
The explanation of the different permissions in bsd.licenses.mk
reads quite counterintuitive and is probably often misinterpreted.
>How-To-Repeat:
Read the sections "Available components for LICENSE_PERMS" and
"Notes about permissions" in bsd.licenses.mk.
>Fix:
I propose to commit the attached diff to Mk/bsd.licenses.mk
Patch attached with submission follows:
Index: Mk/bsd.licenses.mk
===================================================================
--- Mk/bsd.licenses.mk (revision 343500)
+++ Mk/bsd.licenses.mk (working copy)
@@ -91,15 +91,19 @@
# LICENSE_{GROUPS,NOTES}.
#
# Available components for LICENSE_PERMS:
-# dist-mirror - No free redistribution of distfile (like FTP mirroring; RESTRICTED).
-# dist-sell - No selling of distfile (like in CD-ROM; NO_CDROM).
-# pkg-mirror - No free redistribution of package (like FTP upload; NO_PACKAGE).
-# pkg-sell - No selling of package (like in CD-ROM; NO_CDROM).
-# auto-accept - If license is accepted by default, without presented
+# dist-mirror - Redistribution of distfile is permitted
+# (like FTP mirroring; port is not RESTRICTED).
+# dist-sell - Selling of distfile, e.g. on CD-ROM is permitted
+# (port does not need to set NO_CDROM).
+# pkg-mirror - Free redistribution of package is permitted
+# (like FTP upload; port does not set NO_PACKAGE).
+# pkg-sell - Selling of package is permitted, e.g. on CD-ROM.
+# auto-accept - License is accepted by default, without presented
# agreement, unless the user defines LICENSES_ASK.
#
# Notes about permissions:
-# - Permissions use a default-deny policy.
+# - Permissions use a default-deny policy (e.g. not setting "dist-mirror"
+# means it is automatically excluded).
# - Components can be negated by prefixing them with "no-" (like
# "no-pkg-sell").
# - In case a component is present and also excluded (i.e. no-dist-sell and
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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