From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Dec 25 00:10:15 2013 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Dec 2013 05:10:15 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40251 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VvgjW-0004oI-GB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:10:14 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48873) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VvgjU-0004oA-1I for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:10:12 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VvgjK-0006U9-3T for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:10:11 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,HTML_MESSAGE, TRACKER_ID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:39535) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VvgjK-0006Tr-16 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:10:02 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50576) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VvgjC-0008TB-NK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:10:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vvgj5-0006PF-Dj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:09:54 -0500 Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:35275) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vvgj5-0006PB-8u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:09:47 -0500 Received: by mail-ob0-f169.google.com with SMTP id wm4so7383848obc.0 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 21:09:44 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=0GUaOwLoCsTe1rj8Hl9jR/qjjIoDbJMgoQW5F7F/k90=; b=mEeAtBJjVxHjCOMrHlIz1syFS6x64j6ob85+6hC6Bs1wU3+9bqxIuCUC0qW2zxtw7g niwofGuXGG61MSIaGuvxRrd1yXq8qvAnC8PAEBZpedkupbcEG+ThP3JPtFQJCStKDSYg CegPIEjk32IQsflaS2b2VmE5Gqs5ANm7tJZba3GcZsuzBqxBZ7N8jlBxehAl5Af3Li1J p7wVRMen837aagyx/qWNjeczXnIxiunI3YR5Ahf1Hn2GwiojZoGv2vebGDWgTH/gWemO quqbp4nZni1+cfpQN+Su3bj/QrFuB8HMNufQZxDktpJNLB4x5bnKFLU6FdHv4td9Scbj Pogg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm52ZwTFZ6nQTTfmA78NgcOl/Gd9ir2lcwIcOpaG7w6dEfomw21IB73VFTFy3SzbuF0nNqW X-Received: by 10.60.67.105 with SMTP id m9mr155591oet.58.1387948184792; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 21:09:44 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.232.166 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 21:09:24 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [107.219.149.247] From: Dave Abrahams Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 21:09:24 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Feature request: package license information and home page To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c301fc85833a04ee54de6e X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) --001a11c301fc85833a04ee54de6e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 There should be an easy way to find out the license information and other metadata about a package before installing it. Ideally this information should show up in the results of package-menu-describe-package Thanks for entertaining my request, -- Dave Abrahams --001a11c301fc85833a04ee54de6e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
There should be an easy way to find out the
license information and other metadata about a package before installing
it. =A0Ideally this information should show up in the results of
package-menu-describe-package

Thanks for ente= rtaining my request,

--
Dave Abrah= ams

--001a11c301fc85833a04ee54de6e-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Dec 25 11:56:17 2013 Received: (at 16250) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Dec 2013 16:56:17 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41573 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vvrkm-0004bY-LF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 11:56:16 -0500 Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:37019) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vvrkk-0004bP-Cy for 16250@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 11:56:15 -0500 Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id rBPGu52b029094; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 11:56:10 -0500 Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D3CC7AE241; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 11:56:01 -0500 (EST) From: Stefan Monnier To: Dave Abrahams Subject: Re: bug#16250: Feature request: package license information and home page Message-ID: References: Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 11:56:01 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Dave Abrahams's message of "Tue, 24 Dec 2013 21:09:24 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4802=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9362 : core <4802> : inlines <357> : streams <1096870> : uri <1634798> X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 16250 Cc: 16250@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) > There should be an easy way to find out the license information and Why? > other metadata about a package before installing it. Which other metadata? Stefan From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Dec 26 00:59:29 2013 Received: (at 16250) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Dec 2013 05:59:29 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42482 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vw3yj-0000Vm-2J for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:59:29 -0500 Received: from mail-ig0-f182.google.com ([209.85.213.182]:48649) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vw3yg-0000Vc-9Q for 16250@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:59:27 -0500 Received: by mail-ig0-f182.google.com with SMTP id c10so18887026igq.3 for <16250@debbugs.gnu.org>; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 21:59:25 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:cc:from:subject:date:to; bh=Ey59iW9KUiczo6EZ7d1SIV5V2Ll1gjn+M1nQdx3C2Ac=; b=Rql4D93DguRN+Eg0RTsynz9g43GJVqoE22Ix4i50IvvnKmvbHXnNFxMXigZkZ2rgtE z5T7tZ17sLN3sbsxXJ0h6BE5s7dpXlSA2sa/hI3rhzlxHa0Ly7BnYx4RWUBBh1c24LZK FU/AendKzcnaoiTHT2T3Icb6BBYhNaqm1nAgxPwVtrUGEGNTc9hXMXbmD09TibiZ44vl 6r9D6Es39WbJ1OJzGl6rf2u8NYemTvWIyOUuF6CZN7zD4m++N9U4UaXoQaSdQAMSWfmB Ct4GYmZiUG+mTzfyA5Hfk+6PgatAFej/aAgFqn5eTJkK65G9EMSUEum8emjD8VEadF0r Fn5g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk5mePrjdmwPPHM1ID5MEg8SJId5TcXwGJc9r8Ws+bVz/o96A25S6+3jCfmjJmLrRXFVhD+ X-Received: by 10.50.225.39 with SMTP id rh7mr32352994igc.10.1388037565440; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 21:59:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.188.138] (107-219-149-247.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net. [107.219.149.247]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id k6sm36587637igx.8.2013.12.25.21.59.24 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 25 Dec 2013 21:59:24 -0800 (PST) References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <807FC4F8-D5FC-4304-BB1C-396177CE4B7F@boostpro.com> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (11B554a) From: Dave Abrahams Subject: Re: bug#16250: Feature request: package license information and home page Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 21:59:21 -0800 To: Stefan Monnier X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 16250 Cc: "16250@debbugs.gnu.org" <16250@debbugs.gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) Sent from my moss-covered three-handled family gradunza On Dec 25, 2013, at 8:56 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote= : >> There should be an easy way to find out the license information and >=20 > Why? Some people (like me) are picky about the license terms of software that the= y download, especially in source form.=20 >> other metadata about a package before installing it. >=20 > Which other metadata? For example, a package's home page, author, maybe date of last update, etc.=20= From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Dec 26 07:46:31 2013 Received: (at 16250) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Dec 2013 12:46:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42956 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VwAKc-0001XZ-3O for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 07:46:30 -0500 Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:54396) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VwAKZ-0001XK-42 for 16250@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 07:46:27 -0500 Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id rBQCkMaN030679; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 07:46:23 -0500 Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 9F319AE267; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 07:46:22 -0500 (EST) From: Stefan Monnier To: Dave Abrahams Subject: Re: bug#16250: Feature request: package license information and home page Message-ID: References: <807FC4F8-D5FC-4304-BB1C-396177CE4B7F@boostpro.com> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 07:46:22 -0500 In-Reply-To: <807FC4F8-D5FC-4304-BB1C-396177CE4B7F@boostpro.com> (Dave Abrahams's message of "Wed, 25 Dec 2013 21:59:21 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4803=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9362 : core <4803> : inlines <358> : streams <1097305> : uri <1635522> X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 16250 Cc: "16250@debbugs.gnu.org" <16250@debbugs.gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) >>> There should be an easy way to find out the license information and >> Why? > Some people (like me) are picky about the license terms of software that > they download, especially in source form. Give me some examples of Elisp packages where that would be useful. >>> other metadata about a package before installing it. >> Which other metadata? > For example, a package's home page, author, maybe date of last update, etc. The home page is already available, AFAIK. Author/maintainer could be provided. Date of last update is generally not kept (tho in elpa.gnu.org/packages you can indeed see it, tho it's really the date at which the tarball was created). I think the better option is to let the user separate the "download" and "install" steps so she can look at those extra info before installing. Stefan From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Dec 27 13:23:30 2013 Received: (at 16250) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Dec 2013 18:23:30 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46893 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vwc4G-0007gp-Gg for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:23:29 -0500 Received: from mail-ob0-f181.google.com ([209.85.214.181]:49222) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vwc4D-0007ga-6m for 16250@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:23:26 -0500 Received: by mail-ob0-f181.google.com with SMTP id uy5so9640475obc.40 for <16250@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:23:24 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=h4DwG1oSf3FU/CrETUxtfd5Kd0t8n1rNaseKR9iPqhs=; b=YDEGe7SssJKfGy2KEm3K9jc7DaD8AiENeZm5lumzKl/HqVC/YGszH8gCmEEMXq9y8T CyKCJ2CxdItr5f5N5JGy/1bjar4m9bAKOfDD16HOCyXTnuoGw/v3rpbynZU4pUyyc+0r QEyosRc6xBUMfSL0ruhtc2hvtltutBxXxJqTbmHbDYMQ2eVDa/kritMv/W3AChd7PwQc yx6spBJXtQIFAsj00lr5p5m5OcL1UswsUMfOUNoteym8pqYcW6Kt/T4kVIAY2uV8Yl6m MWDbWu+vSj1KMPSWeDuKg2N/JDJU73209EVWFdjsEeNsG+rG+rWL9E46wxmmhybPAV1o SPHw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm7Lo+8oDqlYc7jibYDqL5Oe+fEfiUk4rgL06otA0q8aZgwiDzQA2aLbCPDQr2iqg932vwW X-Received: by 10.60.65.101 with SMTP id w5mr35115642oes.0.1388168604399; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:23:24 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.232.166 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:23:04 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [107.219.149.247] In-Reply-To: References: <807FC4F8-D5FC-4304-BB1C-396177CE4B7F@boostpro.com> From: Dave Abrahams Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:23:04 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#16250: Feature request: package license information and home page To: Stefan Monnier Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c1d19c8dcada04ee883028 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 16250 Cc: "16250@debbugs.gnu.org" <16250@debbugs.gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) --001a11c1d19c8dcada04ee883028 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:46 AM, Stefan Monnier w= rote: > >>> There should be an easy way to find out the license information and > >> Why? > > Some people (like me) are picky about the license terms of software tha= t > > they download, especially in source form. > > Give me some examples of Elisp packages where that would be useful. > Any package is a potential example. I=92m not sure what you=92re looking f= or here, and I don=92t suppose you want an arbitrary list of the first 50 packages listed at MELPA. If you could explain what you=92re after maybe I could say something useful. > >>> other metadata about a package before installing it. > >> Which other metadata? > > For example, a package's home page, author, maybe date of last update, > etc. > > The home page is already available, AFAIK. Author/maintainer could > be provided. Date of last update is generally not kept (tho in > elpa.gnu.org/packages you can indeed see it, tho it's really the date > at which the tarball was created). > > I think the better option is to let the user separate the "download" and > "install" steps so she can look at those extra info before installing. That won=92t help people whose employers have specific rules restricting th= e license terms of code that may be *downloaded to the employers=92 machines* without prior approval. --=20 Dave Abrahams --001a11c1d19c8dcada04ee883028 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:46 AM, Stefan Monnier <= monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>>> There should = be an easy way to find out the license information and
>> Why?
> Some people (like me) are picky about the license terms of software th= at
> they download, especially in source form.

Give me some examples of Elisp packages where that would be useful.

Any package is a potential example. =A0I= =92m not sure what you=92re looking for here, and I don=92t suppose you wan= t an arbitrary list of the first 50 packages listed at MELPA. =A0If you cou= ld explain what you=92re after maybe I could say something useful.
=A0
>>> other metadata about a package before installing it.
>> Which other metadata?
> For example, a package's home page, author, maybe date of last upd= ate, etc.

The home page is already available, AFAIK. =A0Author/maintainer could=
be provided. =A0Date of last update is generally not kept (tho in
elpa.gnu.org/pac= kages you can indeed see it, tho it's really the date
at which the tarball was created).

I think the better option is to let the user separate the "download&qu= ot; and
"install" steps so she can look at those extra info before instal= ling.

That won=92t help people whose employ= ers have specific rules restricting the license terms of code that may be *= downloaded to the employers=92 machines* without prior approval.

--
Dave Abrahams

--001a11c1d19c8dcada04ee883028-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Dec 27 16:44:32 2013 Received: (at 16250) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Dec 2013 21:44:32 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47162 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VwfCp-0006nC-Ns for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:44:32 -0500 Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:33769) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VwfCm-0006n3-DD for 16250@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:44:29 -0500 Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id rBRLiNHW028850; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:44:24 -0500 Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7A5E4AE27C; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:44:23 -0500 (EST) From: Stefan Monnier To: Dave Abrahams Subject: Re: bug#16250: Feature request: package license information and home page Message-ID: References: <807FC4F8-D5FC-4304-BB1C-396177CE4B7F@boostpro.com> Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:44:23 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Dave Abrahams's message of "Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:23:04 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4804=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9362 : core <4804> : inlines <366> : streams <1097914> : uri <1636803> X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 16250 Cc: "16250@debbugs.gnu.org" <16250@debbugs.gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) >> > Some people (like me) are picky about the license terms of software th= at >> > they download, especially in source form. >> Give me some examples of Elisp packages where that would be useful. > Any package is a potential example. 99.9% of Elisp packages are licensed under the GPL. I doubt these would be convincing examples of the need to check the licensing info. And the remaining 0.1% is licensed under a GPL-compatible license, BTW (because any Elisp package necessarily links to GPL'd code, either Emacs's or XEmacs's, so it's basically illegal to distribute Elisp code under anything else than a GPL-compatible license). > If you could explain what you=E2=80=99re after maybe I could say > something useful. An example package where it can be useful to know what license is used. Stefan From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Jul 14 12:12:59 2019 Received: (at 16250) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jul 2019 16:12:59 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45695 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmh7S-0003EJ-Lq for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 12:12:58 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-f66.google.com ([209.85.221.66]:40532) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmh7Q-0003Dy-83 for 16250@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 12:12:56 -0400 Received: by mail-wr1-f66.google.com with SMTP id r1so14546808wrl.7 for <16250@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:12:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc :content-transfer-encoding; bh=q859hoaQ3ch8nEfOau/U4OAYSMBoRKXjBhPIuG0/9/o=; b=NphYrnSs53UEr3CAcnGbbHT4cnpx5fFtFuYCV98hQo0luUopH3t45c+jYgyA9Ig0au Z/BIdrf1szZHf6UzaYyYofs+8gUiIVzutYy44B/+N1UZ9Bc/u4HVxmpxyZ+N/6vb3wsj xhHVYyWD5RI0ZgPZET1/l22/CrIoYWkgRoVT6idjZKLxKeBsx7qMBIEnBeICUhhoLOeg f3O/EiulSOBZDJqmPrxqmgKsj09lu2TanzaSRCDcqu2Da5EtV0WY1wXCUPrB8BOUUwT/ 0zQL0SAx26LUyb7NTWDkOmPjK+Pl2+CU+KMzp5TD0sMM8BEP60moXzGNsz0KHxSJtm8k oCcw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXWPSWvTcEf+AqyZO+DITc7KfIsKKrJQOiz6cMkHq548t1brE+w XCjhFidJINs06YC5PDNyTU0LOoy4EEGCRq4HFUE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzvIqVcNuQyFETN0RKsPxOh/VFaS6zq+iOnScsbMlHzXrt43IvHMv0u6ajq9tT21xbhV7JAixXE5qWObX6TiSs= X-Received: by 2002:adf:e541:: with SMTP id z1mr22191506wrm.48.1563120770431; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:12:50 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Stefan Kangas Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 18:12:39 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#16250: Feature request: package license information and home page To: Stefan Monnier Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 0.3 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 16250 Cc: Dave Abrahams , "16250@debbugs.gnu.org" <16250@debbugs.gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) tags 16250 + wontfix close 16250 thanks Dave Abrahams writes: > There should be an easy way to find out the > license information and other metadata about a package before installing > it. Ideally this information should show up in the results of > package-menu-describe-package Stefan Monnier writes: >>> > Some people (like me) are picky about the license terms of software t= hat >>> > they download, especially in source form. >>> Give me some examples of Elisp packages where that would be useful. >> Any package is a potential example. > > 99.9% of Elisp packages are licensed under the GPL. I doubt these would > be convincing examples of the need to check the licensing info. > And the remaining 0.1% is licensed under a GPL-compatible license, BTW > (because any Elisp package necessarily links to GPL'd code, either > Emacs's or XEmacs's, so it's basically illegal to distribute Elisp code > under anything else than a GPL-compatible license). > >> If you could explain what you=E2=80=99re after maybe I could say >> something useful. > > An example package where it can be useful to know what license is used. That was in 2013, and I agree with Stefan that this feature doesn't sound w= orth it. It's all GPL compatible. FWIW, Debian doesn't show this in aptitude either. The homepage is already available in package-menu-describe-package. I've therefore closed this as wontfix. If anyone disagrees, feel free to re-open. Best regards, Stefan Kangas From unknown Thu Aug 21 12:12:18 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:24:07 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator