[aur-general] License installation

rafael ff1 rafael.f.f1 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 7 01:40:14 EST 2011


Got it! Thanks all!

2011/2/7 Thomas S Hatch <thatch45 at gmail.com>

> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 11:20 PM, rafael ff1 <rafael.f.f1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the reply, Kaiting. I actually understand what license is for
> > each packages. My question is if, in the PKGBUILD, I should set a
> > folder/symlink for each package in /usr/share/licenses/$pkgname
> >
> > For example: package is LGPL. I have "license" package installed. Should
> I
> > symilink from common/LGPL folder to ${pkgname} ? Or do nothing - and
> leave
> > as it is?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2011/2/7 Kaiting Chen <kaitocracy at gmail.com>
> >
> > > On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 11:50 PM, rafael ff1 <rafael.f.f1 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I read Licenses <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Licenses> and
> > > > PKGBUILD<https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD>pages at
> > > > Archwiki and I've been wondering: case a software's license is one
> > > > the common ones (ex: GPL), if the PKGBUILD should do some kind of
> > > reference
> > > > (symlink) from /usr/share/licenses/common/GPL/ to
> > > > /usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/ or.. do nothing, maybe?
> > > >
> > >
> > > `pacman -Qi $pkgname | grep Licenses` --Kaiting.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/
> > >
> >
>
> For common licences that already exist, you don't need to make a symlink in
> the package, the licence files already exist on the machine, and the
> correct
> licence in the PKGBUILD is enough.
>
> You only really need to include the licence if it is not one
> of these installed in the licences directory.
>


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