Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:18:39 +0800 From: wen heping <wenheping@gmail.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>, Wen Heping <wen@freebsd.org>, cvs-ports@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/www/moinmoin Makefile distinfo pkg-plist Message-ID: <AANLkTinyo6xbVscghWxEHazGwi0BzSiZwTUDkaAdq%2B6F@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110120092507.GA82095@FreeBSD.org> References: <201101180845.p0I8jubc025995@repoman.freebsd.org> <70181583@serv3.int.kfs.ru> <20110120092507.GA82095@FreeBSD.org>
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2011/1/20 Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 01:32:16PM +0300, Boris Samorodov wrote:
>> Wen Heping <wen@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>>
>> > wen =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 2011-01-18 08:45:56 UTC
>> >
>> > =C2=A0 - Add license
>> -----
>> > +LICENSE=3D =C2=A0 GPLv2
>> > +LICENSE_FILE=3D =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0${WRKSRC}/docs/licenses/COPYING
>> -----
>>
>> This is a general question, just picking this commit up.
>> Should we provide the license text if it's a standard one?
>> My vote is "no"...
>
> I would also said no. =C2=A0In fact, I find it abusive and wrong to use t=
he
> LICENSE_FILE at all for standard licenses. =C2=A0Then problem is that peo=
ple
> don't care, and we (ports people) do not do enough to educate them, and
> even sometimes encourage mistakes by committing bad submissions.
>
> ./danfe
>
I do not think it is a wrong use when set LICENSE_FILE even it's a standard=
one.
What is its harm ? It could at least help the user to find the license
file easily.
wen
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