[arch-dev-public] License cleanup

Travis Willard travis at archlinux.org
Mon Aug 20 23:27:57 EDT 2007


On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:17:11 -0400
Travis Willard <travis at archlinux.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:05:52 -0400
> "Dan McGee" <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Patch should fail on a file-by-file basis, so it shouldn't be all
> > that bad of a result. And just make sure you check the diff before
> > you commit.
> > 
> > -Dan
> 
> Well, I made use of the patch in unstable, and finished off all
> packages in that repo tonight.  In fact, I even cleaned out some files
> that were no longer necessary on top of everything.
> 
> So, current status:
> 
> [extra] rougly 1100 invalid or missing licenses found by my script
> [community] rougly 430 invalid or missing licenses
> [unstable] complete - no invalid or missing licenses
> 
> Script attached to the email again if anyone wants to use it.  I'm
> finding it particularily handy - and I updated it to check for custom
> licenses where the PKGBUILD doesn't reference usr/share/licenses -
> should weed out some incorrect custom licenses too.
> 
> --
> Travis

Crap, duplicate message.  Sorry for the spam.




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