Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Solving the problem of huge number of wrong LICENSES=*GPL-[23]

On 28/08/2018 00:46, Michael Mol wrote:
> I can say that if the licenses are habitually misidentified, I could not use
> Gentoo's portage tree in my job without extensive and ongoing revalidation of
> the license metadata.
>
> There are, in fact, automated tools for advising about the license disposition
> of these types of things, examining source files for unfortunate edits and
> variants and flagging them, etc. It might be an interesting task at some point
> to point some of these tools at portage, look for incorrect metadata and file
> bug reports.
>
> Not suggesting this is a worthwhile approach up front, but it might be a
> useful tool in the future for dealing with license metadata quality as a
> chronic issue. (Which, in turn, is useful for commercial consumption and
> participation.)

Given the reality of how open source project works, I believe it's up to
people who care/need this most to do such work in Gentoo.

From what I see, nobody would be opposed to _someone_ making the
metadata more precise. On the other hand, I sense most people don't see
enough benefit to sign up for such work themselves - which I totally
understand.

Paweł