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To: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
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On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 at 18:55, Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 08:32:35AM +0200, Emmanuel Medernach wrote:
> > - Why not export the license record type from license.scm ? Some project
> > has its own license and I cannot create it.
>
> In general, we don't add project-specific licenses to licenses.scm or as
> their own variables.
>
> Instead, we use the non-copyleft, fsf-free, or fsdg-compatible license
> variables.

Considering the inclusion of such packages in Guix.

But if one wants to define its own custom license used by its own
custom package living in its own custom channel, then the API needs to
expose the 'license' record. Done here [1].

[1] http://issues.guix.gnu.org/40795


Cheers,
simon