Licensing following RFC40 and RFC52
Hello list, I have a question regarding adding LICENSES to the aurweb repos. The simple solution would be to add the 0BSD text to the repo. So far so good. I looked additionally into REUSE, as this is mostly deployed by the repo packages and got mentioned on the respective wiki page[0]. As the pkgctl programm from the devtools package has the subcommand `license setup` and `license check` I looked into using this. But the resulting structure doesn't conform to the aurweb submission guidelines as subdirectories aren't allowed. But would be required to be REUSE-compliant? Will this be changed to allow this specific subdir? Or should the suggestion to use REUSE dropped from the wiki page? If the latter, how to attribute patches that are added from upstream? Best regards ________ [0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_submission_guidelines#Rules_of_submissi... "Add a LICENSE file or a REUSE.toml file to your repository."
On 25/08/05 10:52PM, Lex Black wrote:
Hello list,
Hey Lex,
I have a question regarding adding LICENSES to the aurweb repos. The simple solution would be to add the 0BSD text to the repo. So far so good. I looked additionally into REUSE, as this is mostly deployed by the repo packages and got mentioned on the respective wiki page[0]. As the pkgctl programm from the devtools package has the subcommand `license setup` and `license check` I looked into using this. But the resulting structure doesn't conform to the aurweb submission guidelines as subdirectories aren't allowed. But would be required to be REUSE-compliant? Will this be changed to allow this specific subdir? Or should the suggestion to use REUSE dropped from the wiki page?
this is currently in the process of being worked out: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/aurweb/-/merge_requests/854
If the latter, how to attribute patches that are added from upstream?
Best regards ________ [0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_submission_guidelines#Rules_of_submissi... "Add a LICENSE file or a REUSE.toml file to your repository."
Cheers, Chris
Am 05.08.25 um 23:01 schrieb Christian Heusel:
On 25/08/05 10:52PM, Lex Black wrote:
Hello list,
Hey Lex,
Hello Chris,
I have a question regarding adding LICENSES to the aurweb repos. The simple solution would be to add the 0BSD text to the repo. So far so good. I looked additionally into REUSE, as this is mostly deployed by the repo packages and got mentioned on the respective wiki page[0]. As the pkgctl programm from the devtools package has the subcommand `license setup` and `license check` I looked into using this. But the resulting structure doesn't conform to the aurweb submission guidelines as subdirectories aren't allowed. But would be required to be REUSE-compliant? Will this be changed to allow this specific subdir? Or should the suggestion to use REUSE dropped from the wiki page?
this is currently in the process of being worked out: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/aurweb/-/merge_requests/854
The one time I don't check the upstream repo... :D Perfect, that answers my question already. Thank you for the link.
If the latter, how to attribute patches that are added from upstream?
Best regards ________ [0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_submission_guidelines#Rules_of_submissi... "Add a LICENSE file or a REUSE.toml file to your repository."
Cheers, Chris
Best regards
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Christian Heusel
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Lex Black