Opened 19 years ago
Last modified 15 years ago
#7493 closed enhancement
RFE: license metatdata — at Initial Version
Reported by: | ben@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | MacPorts 1.8.0 |
Component: | base | Version: | |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
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Description
If DP intends to distribute binary packages, we'll run into some complex license issues, e.g.:
http://www.gnome.org/~markmc/openssl-and-the-gpl.html
If we're to keep track of these, it will be necessary to include a field for license type in the Portfile. Fink's example:
http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/packaging/policy.php?phpLang=en#licenses
I expect there are many license issues in individual ports -- e.g. doubt that all GPL ports install the COPYING flie as required.
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