From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16250: Feature request: package license information and home page Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:44:23 -0500 Message-ID: References: <807FC4F8-D5FC-4304-BB1C-396177CE4B7F@boostpro.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388180717 32618 80.91.229.3 (27 Dec 2013 21:45:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 21:45:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "16250@debbugs.gnu.org" <16250@debbugs.gnu.org> To: Dave Abrahams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 27 22:45:22 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VwfDd-0001bA-2T for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 22:45:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50370 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VwfDc-0007Ab-Ov for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:45:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57467) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VwfDT-00074m-Dr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:45:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VwfDM-0006PY-3E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:45:11 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33143) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VwfDM-0006OS-12 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:45:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VwfDK-0006oI-Tv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:45:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 21:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16250 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16250-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16250.138818067226118 (code B ref 16250); Fri, 27 Dec 2013 21:45:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16250) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Dec 2013 21:44:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47162 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VwfCp-0006nC-Ns for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:44:32 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:33769) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VwfCm-0006n3-DD for 16250@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:44:29 -0500 Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id rBRLiNHW028850; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:44:24 -0500 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7A5E4AE27C; Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:44:23 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Dave Abrahams's message of "Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:23:04 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4804=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9362 : core <4804> : inlines <366> : streams <1097914> : uri <1636803> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:82667 Archived-At: >> > Some people (like me) are picky about the license terms of software th= at >> > they download, especially in source form. >> Give me some examples of Elisp packages where that would be useful. > Any package is a potential example. 99.9% of Elisp packages are licensed under the GPL. I doubt these would be convincing examples of the need to check the licensing info. And the remaining 0.1% is licensed under a GPL-compatible license, BTW (because any Elisp package necessarily links to GPL'd code, either Emacs's or XEmacs's, so it's basically illegal to distribute Elisp code under anything else than a GPL-compatible license). > If you could explain what you=E2=80=99re after maybe I could say > something useful. An example package where it can be useful to know what license is used. Stefan