Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:42:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handing references to GPL within ports Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0709132338330.70176@qbhto.arg> In-Reply-To: <20070913072118.GB1179@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20070913072118.GB1179@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> I'm working on a port for H-Inventory (a computer inventory/resource
> management tool). By default, it installs a copy of the GPL.
> According to the Porter's Handbook, a port should avoid installing
> copies of the GPL.
As a general rule that's true. However my suspicion is that if the thing
goes to the trouble of not only installing the file but making it part of
the documentation, you should just install it as is. Disk space is no
longer at the kind of premium that it used to be, so one extra copy is not
going to hurt anything, and erring on the side of caution for licensing
issues is a Good Thing.
FWIW,
Doug
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