Le 22/10/2013 11:00, Derick Rethans a écrit :
> On Mon, 21 Oct 2013, Remi Collet wrote:
>
>> Here is the list of some (in the ~80 I have checked) extensions where
>> the LICENSE file is missing from the official archive of the last
>> released version.
>>
>> So those extensions cannot be redistribute.
>
> That's a bit of a useless blanket statement. The package.xml ought to
> link to the license file, so why not just extract it when it's linked
> there instead? the packaging system can easily take care of that.
I should probably have wrote
"...cannot be redistribute easily without hacking".
The link in the package.xml is often
http://www.php.net/license
Which is not enough (which version ?).
Some are still v2 or v3
Yes, I often extract the URL from the headers:
| This source file is subject to version 3.01 of the PHP license,
| that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is
| available through the world-wide-web at the following url:
| http://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt.
And in all case, when preparing a package, full review of all sources,
and bundled library are required.
Yes the packager can do the work instead of upstream.
Once again, what is the cost of adding this file ?
Is this not just respect for downstream distribution ?
Remi.
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