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xanderal
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 Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 5:33 am Post subject: |
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| MerlinYoda wrote: | | xanderal wrote: | I use the default "-* @FREE" and have a few entries in /etc/portage/package.license/ which I thought I'd test with elicense.
Most entries checked out but one puzzles me - I have the following /etc/portage/package.license/linux-firmware:
| Code: | | sys-kernel/linux-firmware @BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE |
(like the example in the announcement)
When I remove that entry and run elicense I get:
| Code: | | sys-kernel/linux-firmware linux-fw-redistributable no-source-code |
Is "@BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE" equivalent to "linux-fw-redistributable" + "no-source-code" (seems unlikely) or does "@BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE" cover a lot more that the other two and I really only need the other two? |
@BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE includes @FREE plus any other licenses that allow for the free use of the program as well as free redistribution of the unmodified program in binary form. This includes the "linux-fw-redistributable" and "no-source-code" licenses but also other licenses like "freedist" and "unRAR". You can see all the groupings and the licenses (or other groupings) associated to them in /usr/portage/profiles/license_groups. |
Thank you - I wasn't aware of that file, quite useful  |
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