[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/doc/guide/files Mention that one should change the nam...

[wiz <wiz%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/7f96889a606b
branches:  trunk
changeset: 528645:7f96889a606b
user:      wiz <wiz%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Fri May 11 22:47:13 2007 +0000

description:
Mention that one should change the name of a license
when changing the license text.

diffstat:

 doc/guide/files/fixes.xml |  8 +++++++-
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diffs (22 lines):

diff -r ae62a3b167bc -r 7f96889a606b doc/guide/files/fixes.xml
--- a/doc/guide/files/fixes.xml Fri May 11 22:39:21 2007 +0000
+++ b/doc/guide/files/fixes.xml Fri May 11 22:47:13 2007 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: fixes.xml,v 1.81 2007/03/01 22:29:15 wiz Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: fixes.xml,v 1.82 2007/05/11 22:47:13 wiz Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="fixes"> <?dbhtml filename="fixes.html"?>
 <title>Making your package work</title>
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@
     for displaying. A list of known licenses can be seen in this
     directory.</para>
 
+    <para>When the license changes, please make sure that the new
+    license has a different name (e.g., append the version number if
+    it exists, or the date). Just because a user agreed to a previous
+    version of a license does not mean that the new version is
+    automatically ok too.</para>
+
     <para>The use of <varname>LICENSE=shareware</varname>,
     <varname>LICENSE=no-commercial-use</varname>, and similar
     language is deprecated because it does not crisply refer to