Petr Cerny wrote: > Michal Marek wrote: >> The filename is an md5sum of the license text. So a new version of the >> "same" (as in same name) license will have a different filename. So if >> you link to /.../ebf4e8b49780ab187d51bd26aaa022c6, it will allways be >> that exact version of the GPL2 license. > > What if in the source package, the license file contains (by mistake) an > additional newline? Who should do the actual checking, that the license > is really GPL (whatever else)?
That's not a problem. For instance there's a pile of GPLv2 variations in the licenses package ;) > In this hash scheme, how can user display license using pager or editor? ??? > Also note that some packages have slightly modified licenses (like: > author allows linking against some non-GPLed library) - will these > licenses be bundled together with those "standard" ones? AFAICS, the package contains all possible licenses found in packages. Michal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
