Re: FreeBSD ports call OSSP software "LICENSE= MIT" (&c.), but OSSP software isn't MIT (&c.)

On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 21:05:02 +0200, наб wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm the new upstream for all OSSP software (https://sr.ht/~nabijaczleweli/ossp).
[...]

Is this acknowledged by the original author, or is it unilateral
takeover? If the later, then it is better to rename the software.

>   $ for f in $p; do git grep -i lic HEAD:$f/Makefile; done
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Thanks, would be nice if you submit changes at
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi

>   HEAD:misc/ossp-uuid/Makefile:LICENSE=   MIT
>   HEAD:misc/ossp-uuid/Makefile:LICENSE_FILE=      ${WRKSRC}/../README
>   HEAD:misc/ossp-uuid/Makefile:LICENSE_FILE=      ${WRKSRC}/README
> this is wrong, uuid uses rse's OSSP licence:
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Updated in
https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=f83fcbc0e3b88be7c6b0d3d1bb5e838df746a391

> It's unclear to me how to query for reverse dependencies,
[...]

You are probably looking for

pkg search -Q required-by pattern

> Rather than fixing the licences, it may be prudent to kill them outright.

Could be. Personally, I think that a software being old is not enough
justification, alone, to remove it from the ports, if it compiles and is
otherwise functional.

Thanks!

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