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Date:      Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:28:02 -0500
From:      Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>
To:        Martin Hanson <greencoppermine@yandex.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Adding an "only-free" option to the ports system
Message-ID:  <CACdU%2Bf_n6NRONbNP4MmyRBaeCjzaNNE8hy7LYLC3mRe3OMT1ZQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1036201413779716@web20j.yandex.ru>
References:  <1036201413779716@web20j.yandex.ru>

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On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 11:35 PM, Martin Hanson
<greencoppermine@yandex.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> This is a suggestion.
>
> Would it not be possible to add a feature to the ports system which
> enables the user to choose to avoid non Open Source ports?
>

The feature already exists, see /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.licenses.mk and
bsd.licenses.db.mk

# LICENSES_ACCEPTED - Accepted licenses.
# LICENSES_REJECTED - Rejected licenses.
# LICENSES_GROUPS_ACCEPTED - Accepted license groups.
# LICENSES_GROUPS_REJECTED - Rejected license groups.

Note: not all ports list which license they support.

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