From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 21DC6138334 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:56:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 10C4CE0C22; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:56:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC721E0C20 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:56:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (unknown [IPv6:2a01:4f8:202:4333:225:90ff:fed9:fc84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F1204335C8E for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:56:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26D064E8 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:56:01 +0000 (UTC) From: "Göktürk Yüksek" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Göktürk Yüksek" Message-ID: <1545281714.0f723044723689a7b05777cb8044558769c3d388.gokturk@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: general-concepts/licenses/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/devmanual X-VCS-Files: general-concepts/licenses/text.xml X-VCS-Directories: general-concepts/licenses/ X-VCS-Committer: gokturk X-VCS-Committer-Name: Göktürk Yüksek X-VCS-Revision: 0f723044723689a7b05777cb8044558769c3d388 X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:56:01 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: f0473a25-2358-4475-b5d5-52950ebde248 X-Archives-Hash: a9c8aff28c6584c34ced09065fa88c1c commit: 0f723044723689a7b05777cb8044558769c3d388 Author: Michał Górny gentoo org> AuthorDate: Wed Nov 28 09:00:40 2018 +0000 Commit: Göktürk Yüksek gentoo org> CommitDate: Thu Dec 20 04:55:14 2018 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=0f723044 general-concepts/licenses: Explain which licenses go into LICENSE Explain which licenses go into LICENSE and which don't Signed-off-by: Michał Górny gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Göktürk Yüksek gentoo.org> general-concepts/licenses/text.xml | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml b/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml index 4c4ce62..093fd9e 100644 --- a/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml @@ -10,6 +10,26 @@ spelling) variable. The license names listed in this variable must match files existing in the repository's licenses/ directory.

+

+The value of this variable should include all licenses pertaining +to the files installed by the package. If some parts of the package +are installed only conditionally, or their license depends on the USE +flag combination, you can use USE conditionals in LICENSE: +

+ + +LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+ tools? ( GPL-2+ )" + + +

+If the package sources include additional files that are not installed, +their license should not be listed. However, if those files are used +at build time, then the license must not impose any restrictions that +could prevent users from building the software. Please also note +that some licenses may impose additional restrictons, e.g. fetch +and/or mirroring restriction. +

+

If the application is multi-license (either of several licenses can be used) then use the following syntax: