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Date:      Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:33:22 -0800
From:      Milo Hyson <milo@cyberlifelabs.com>
To:        freebsd-www@freebsd.org
Subject:   License links in the ports pages
Message-ID:  <41F97A42.8020406@cyberlifelabs.com>

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On the pages that list ports information (e.g. 
http://www.freebsd.org/ports/audio.html), I'm thinking it would be nice 
to have a link next to description, sources, etc. to a package's 
license. Granted, with so many thousands of ports, it's not something 
that's going to happen overnight. However, it could be an invaluable 
tool for people who are considering the use of a particular product but 
want to first ensure they're OK with the licensing terms.

Perhaps even better would be to put the link down near the "Requires" 
and "Also listed in" items, and have the anchor text itself be a short 
phrase identifying the type of license (e.g. GPL, Mozilla, etc.). That 
way, people can see at a glance what general kind of license is 
employed, and those who want to read the actual text can follow the link.

Just a thought. :)

--
Milo Hyson
Chief Scientist
CyberLife Labs



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