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 TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79E1D1581E7 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:36:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A7450E2A02; Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:36:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (dev.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86532E2A02 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:36:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B594333BF29 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:36:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01F371779 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:36:38 +0000 (UTC) From: "Ulrich Müller" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Ulrich Müller" Message-ID: <1714415649.5788aaadff50c5f29290cf7aa5d32c3932cd7e1f.ulm@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: ulm X-VCS-Committer-Name: Ulrich Müller X-VCS-Revision: 5788aaadff50c5f29290cf7aa5d32c3932cd7e1f X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:36:38 +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: 9baf954f-b06b-4265-9a75-95ec6926a514 X-Archives-Hash: 6bb91776de09567876d40a71498c8065 commit: 5788aaadff50c5f29290cf7aa5d32c3932cd7e1f Author: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> AuthorDate: Mon Apr 29 10:35:13 2024 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> CommitDate: Mon Apr 29 18:34:09 2024 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=5788aaad general-concepts/licenses: Licenses must be plain text Historically we had some PDF files in the repository, but the last of them was removed in 2011. Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller gentoo.org> general-concepts/licenses/text.xml | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml b/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml index 182cfb6..939b429 100644 --- a/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml @@ -230,11 +230,11 @@ indicates GPL-2+ license:

-If your package's license is not already in the tree, you must add the -license before committing the package. When adding the license, use a -plain text file (UTF-8 encoded) if at all possible. Some licenses are -PDF files rather than plain text this should only be done if we -are legally required to do so. +If your package's license is not already in the tree, you must add the license +before committing the package. When adding the license, use a plain text file +(UTF-8 encoded), because non-text files +do not belong +in the repository. Finally you need to check if your license should be added to a license group as listed in the repository's profiles/license_groups file. For more information see