Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 52 - GLEP 23 revisited

[Simon Stelling <blubb@gentoo.org>]

Krzysiek Pawlik wrote:
>> 	# Simon Stelling <blubb@gentoo.org (20 Sep 2006)
>> 	# This license needs to be agreed on explicitly to be considered
>> 	# legally binding.
>> 	# By unmasking and installing the package you agree with its terms.
>> 	txt-licenses/wierd-license
> 
> Why not make the ebuild ask for confirmation? Would work with versioned licenses
> (for example: txt-licenses/wierd-license-2.1 and
> txt-licenses/wierd-license-2.999 - both would require ACK). Breaks portage in a
> way it's interactive, but it's already happening in few ebuilds
> (eutils.eclass::check_license()).

Even assuming you have multiple versions of such a license, the user can
still unmask specific versions in case he really agrees with one version
but not another. If he unmasks just the package, then you can take that
as a "he's fine with all of them". The reasoning for doing it this way
is that merges should really be non-interactive wherever possible. Sure,
there are a few exeptions, but they should be kept as rarely as
possible, and avoiding it IS possible in this case.

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Kind Regards,

Simon Stelling
Gentoo/AMD64 developer
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