On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Setting LICENSE to "shareware" etc. is deprecated because it is
> imprecise and there is no way to denote having paid a fee for the use
> of one package but not all shareware programs.

It's quite easy to allow stuff like

ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES.foo= shareware

See patch below.  I have been using this (or something similar) for years.

--apb (Alan Barrett)

--- bsd.pkg.mk	17 Jul 2005 04:17:09 -0000	1.1709
+++ bsd.pkg.mk	28 Jul 2005 09:38:38 -0000
@@ -974,10 +974,18 @@
 .        endif	# LICENSE == _lic
 .      endfor	# _lic
 .    endif	# ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES
+.    ifdef ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES.${PKGBASE}
+.      for _lic in ${ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES.${PKGBASE}}
+.        if ${LICENSE} == "${_lic}"
+_ACCEPTABLE=	yes
+.        endif	# LICENSE == _lic
+.      endfor	# _lic
+.    endif	# ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES.${PKGNAME}
 .    if !defined(_ACCEPTABLE)
 PKG_FAIL_REASON+= "${PKGNAME} has an unacceptable license: ${LICENSE}." \
 	 "    To view the license, enter \"${MAKE} show-license\"." \
-	 "    To indicate acceptance, add this line to your /etc/mk.conf:" \
+	 "    To indicate acceptance, add one of these lines to your /etc/mk.conf:" \
+	 "    ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES.${PKGBASE}+=${LICENSE}" \
 	 "    ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES+=${LICENSE}"
 .    endif	# _ACCEPTABLE
 .  endif	# LICENSE