John Kehayias <[email protected]> writes: > Hello 宋文武, > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 05:02 PM, 宋文武 wrote: > >> Hello list, I have some questions about the 'license' of a package, >> currently defined as: >> >> The license of the package; a value from ‘(guix licenses)’, or a >> list of such values. >> >> 1. It's the license of source files (guix build -S) or built binary >> files? >> > > Not a lawyer by any means, so I'm not sure how it works. For sure it > applies to the source, but after building the binary output will > contain a LICENSE or COPYING file (always? I would assume). Other than > that, I don't know :)
Yes, guix distribute both sources and binaries (via substitute). As a packager, I'm afraid to get that 'license' field wrong... > [...] > Those are my guesses/experiences above, hope that is helpful. Thank you for join discussion!
