From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from re-prd-fep-048.btinternet.com (mailomta5-re.btinternet.com [213.120.69.98]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 50FF33858413 for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2022 11:19:09 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 50FF33858413 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=dronecode.org.uk Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=dronecode.org.uk Received: from re-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net ([10.2.54.4]) by re-prd-fep-048.btinternet.com with ESMTP id <20220717111908.GTRG3057.re-prd-fep-048.btinternet.com@re-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net> for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2022 12:19:08 +0100 Authentication-Results: btinternet.com; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=jonturney@btinternet.com; bimi=skipped X-SNCR-Rigid: 613A8CC32FA5BE73 X-Originating-IP: [86.144.41.14] X-OWM-Source-IP: 86.144.41.14 (GB) X-OWM-Env-Sender: jonturney@btinternet.com X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=0/300, class=clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvfedrudekiedgfeelucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuueftkffvkffujffvgffngfevqffopdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddunecunecujfgurhepkfffgggfhffuvfhfjggtgfesthekredttdefjeenucfhrhhomheplfhonhcuvfhurhhnvgihuceojhhonhdrthhurhhnvgihsegurhhonhgvtghouggvrdhorhhgrdhukheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepgfeitefhheeiieevteevvedtieduheeguedugfdtjeegffegvddtudekteejtddunecuffhomhgrihhnpegtohguihhnghhhohhrrhhorhdrtghomhenucfkphepkeeirddugeegrdeguddrudegnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheplgduledvrdduieekrddurddutdehngdpihhnvghtpeekiedrudeggedrgedurddugedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopedupdhrtghpthhtoheptgihghifihhnqdgrphhpshestgihghifihhnrdgtohhm X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean Received: from [192.168.1.105] (86.144.41.14) by re-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net (5.8.716.04) (authenticated as jonturney@btinternet.com) id 613A8CC32FA5BE73 for cygwin-apps@cygwin.com; Sun, 17 Jul 2022 12:19:08 +0100 Message-ID: <6dedeae9-4f9d-bc3e-e329-a96749cd6d9a@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 12:19:07 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.11.0 From: Jon Turney Subject: LICENSE in cygport (was Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] cygport 0.35.2-1) To: "cygwin-apps@cygwin.com" References: <1732944933.20220704193058@yandex.ru> <8c74dba3-bfaa-e011-e40f-d9bb66363ce8@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <8c74dba3-bfaa-e011-e40f-d9bb66363ce8@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1192.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, BODY_8BITS, FORGED_SPF_HELO, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin package maintainer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 11:19:11 -0000 On 04/07/2022 20:41, Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2022-07-04 10:30, Andrey Repin wrote: >>> Jon Turney wrote: >>>> The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: >>>> * cygport-0.35.2-1 >>>> cygport is the standard method for building and maintaining >>>> packages for the Cygwin distribution. >>>> Jon Turney (7): >>>>        Add LICENSE variable > >>> I would suggest to print a note or warning if LICENSE is missing. >>> This may encourage maintainers to add it. > >> I second that emotion. >> For those unconvinced, here's a friendly detailed explanation: >> https://blog.codinghorror.com/pick-a-license-any-license/ > Good article! Great quote from comments: > "Most developers will spend more time deciding on which license to use > and figuring out the difference between all of the licenses than they > will developing the app they want to license." That is an orthogonal discussion: We already require that packages have a definite license, and that it's an OSI approved one, so we know that we can distribute it. We just don't record that information in the package currently. > I would suggest not yet, as there is no other documentation that it > exists, what it should contain, or suggestions for use, and it would be > annoying to maintainers if it appeared every time the .cygport is parsed > during a build! It needs to be discussed some more on cygwin-apps. > > Perhaps a reminder at scallywag build or cygport upload, once the > requirements have been documented? Yes, the first step would be to warn at upload if license: is missing, but we're not there yet. I am proposing that the value of LICENSE should be a SPDX license expression, and the documentation should now reflect that.