Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/licenses

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 08:33:29PM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
> 
> "Ryo ONODERA" <ryoon%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:
> 
> > Module Name:        pkgsrc
> > Committed By:       ryoon
> > Date:               Sat Feb 20 21:59:31 UTC 2021
> >
> > Added Files:
> >     pkgsrc/licenses: odbl-v1-license
> >
> > Log Message:
> > licenses: Add odbl-v1-license for ODC Open Database License (ODbL)
> 
> My immediate reaction is that ODBL should not have a suffix and be in
> DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE, although I was not sure that this was justifiable by
> our current rules.
> 
> However, I found that the FSF considers this to be a Free license:
> 
>   https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ODbl
> 
> Thus, I think this should be renamed to odbl-v1 and put in
> DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE.  I am guessing this is not controversial.

Are you sure? The text is very long and I'm not sure how similar it is to
the AGPL. Language like the termination of the license certainly don't
sit well...

Joerg