On Jul 29, 07 00:28:32 +0200, Christian Boltz wrote:
> I'd propose to put only licenses that are used at least by 10 packages
> in the licenses package. This solves several problems:
> - the non-existing space saving effect I mentioned above
> - the risk of having to keep old licenses (as mentioned by Robert) just
> to stay backward-compatible is reduced (because at least some of the
> packages will still be using it ;-)
> - the licenses package would be smaller - no need to split it
No. The point in having /usr/share/doc/licenses is that this establishes
one single location where all licenses used in a product are visible.
So the content of the licenses.rpm should not only be comprehensive, but
also exact.
We can easily ignore any space saving effects.
> # zgrep License: ARCHIVES.gz | sed 's/.*License: //' | sort | uniq -c |sort
> -nr
[...]
>
> Of course these numbers aren't set in stone because already an additional
> space makes "another" GPL version, but you should get the point
we have 20 or 30 textual variations of the same GPL, if I recall correctly.
> - it's
> pointless to move the "YaST License" to the licenses package.
-au contraire.
> BTW: I'm curious about the legal status of packages with
> License: No license agreement found in package
> ... ;-)
This is an error.
If you spot any of these after Alpha6, please file a bug.
cheers,
Jw.
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