GNU bug report logs - #16250
Feature request: package license information and home page

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 05:11:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 16250 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: "16250 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <16250 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#16250: Feature request: package license information and home
 page
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:44:23 -0500

>> > 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.
> 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’re after maybe I could say
> something useful.

An example package where it can be useful to know what license is used.


        Stefan
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