[haiku] Re: Haiku package freedom.
- From: Chris Andrew <cjhandrew@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:15:17 +0000
Scott/ Matt,
Following-on from my last, is there a mechanism that will allow for a
sixth item in the description, ie: 'FSF Compliant (Yes/ No)'?
Chris.
2009/10/29 Chris Andrew <cjhandrew@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Scott,
>
> Is there anyway we can get package maintainers to comply with the 5
> lines, above (or at least item 4)? 'Public Domain' means many things
> to may people and is not very convincing. Haiku may find itself on
> potentially difficult grounds if it is distributing software that is
> not specifically licensed.
>
> What you have at the moment is predominantly elegant, as grep'ing the
> descriptions could ensure Haiku (or it's derivatives) are totally
> Free/ Open (or not). If packages are marked as 'Public Domain', they
> will be considered as an unknown entity, by many.
>
> Chris.
>
> Chris.
>
>
> 2009/10/29 scott mc <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> This looks very encouraging.
>>>
>>> Do all Haiku packages have the following layout?
>>>
>>> Line
>>> 1 Package: libsdl
>>> 2 Version: 1.2.14
>>> 3 Copyright: 1997-2009 Sam Lantinga
>>> 4 License: LGPL v2.1
>>> 5 URL: http://www.libsdl.org/
>>>
>>> Chris.
>>>
>>
>> Most do. There might be a few that are missing one or two of the
>> lines. Some might even have a Description: line but I haven't seen
>> that one used very often.
>> They all have the Package and License lines as far as I know. In some
>> cases the software is Public Domain and the original authors failed to
>> put in any copyright dates, so in those cases I've listed the License
>> as public domain and left out the copyright line. At this point we
>> probably have less than 300 packages available, so no where near your
>> 10,000.
>> -scott
>>
>>
>
>
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