Subject: Re: Missing licenses
To: Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
From: Johnny C. Lam <jlam@pkgsrc.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 10/30/2007 14:13:23
Greg Troxel wrote:
> > And, secondly, why is it GNU-GPL-v[23], the "GNU-" bit is
> > unnecessary. Or maybe we should call the BSD ones
>
> It's necessary and correct. GPL stands for General Public License. The
> FSF includes GNU when describing it; see the title on
> http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
>
> Shouldn't copies of all licenses be in pkgsrc/licenses?
>
> Yes.
>
> And I think we aren't yet adding uncommented LICENSE= tags to packages
> for free licenses.
Okay, I think I made a mistake for the Courier packages. Should I
comment out the LICENSE=gnu-gpl-v3 lines in those packages?
Thanks,
-- Johnny C. Lam