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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
To: Sarah Morgensen <iskarian@mgsn.dev>
Cc: 50883@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50883: Suckless packages marked as 'x11' instead of 'expat'
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2022 21:32:47 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pmo03esw.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86pmsstbk5.fsf@mgsn.dev> (Sarah Morgensen's message of "Tue, 28 Sep 2021 18:28:26 -0700")

Hi Sarah,

Sarah Morgensen <iskarian@mgsn.dev> writes:

> Hello Guix,
>
> It seems like some packages in suckless.scm are listed as having an
> 'x11' license when they are in fact 'expat' (as listed on
> directory.fsf.org and confirmed by visual inspection).
>
> I only checked three: dwm, dmenu, and st; but I suspect there are many
> more.
>
> (Perhaps at some point we should write a linter to check for potential
> license discrepancies?)

Thanks for the report!

If you had time for a patch, that'd be great!

Thank you,

Maxim




  reply	other threads:[~2022-02-06  2:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-29  1:28 bug#50883: Suckless packages marked as 'x11' instead of 'expat' Sarah Morgensen
2022-02-06  2:32 ` Maxim Cournoyer [this message]
2023-01-29 18:43 ` bug#50883: change x11 to expat licenses Alex Devaure

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