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Mounir Lamouri wrote: |
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> It's even worst when we try to use ACCEPT_LICENSE to have a free |
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> operating system. Let's suppose 'free' in fsf free and osf free, |
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> LGPL-2.1 is free for both but LGPL-2 isn't and we can suppose, most |
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> LGPL-2 licensed packages in the tree are LGPL-2+ actually. |
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Are you aware that we have license groups like @FSF-APPROVED? |
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It's set up in /usr/portage/profiles/license_groups. |
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> So, what I propose is to let a license to be suffixed by the + operator. |
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> In this case, if a newer license is accepted by ACCEPT_LICENSE, the PM |
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> should not filter the package. |
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My vote is against it. It feels like black magic to me and many |
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licenses are not versioned, at least not their reference names in Gentoo. |
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However I do notice that "GPL-2+" could make things easier. |
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Why not introduce a license group for it like @GPL-2+ or so, instead? |
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That would be transparent and use existing means. |
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What do you think? |
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Sebastian |