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Re: pkg/55445 (Unacceptable license condition gnu-agpl-v3 for packages graphics/jbig2dec, print/ghostscript-agpl)



Synopsis: Unacceptable license condition gnu-agpl-v3 for packages graphics/jbig2dec, print/ghostscript-agpl

Responsible-Changed-From-To: pkg-manager->leot
Responsible-Changed-By: leot%NetBSD.org@localhost
Responsible-Changed-When: Wed, 01 Jul 2020 22:58:02 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
Take (I will try to handle possible further feedbacks/request to reopen the PR
if needed)


State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: leot%NetBSD.org@localhost
State-Changed-When: Wed, 01 Jul 2020 22:58:02 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
That is known and expected.  And the ERROR messages contains possible
way to address it.

For possible more information regarding why gnu-agpl-v3 is not
part of DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES, from pkgsrc/mk/license.mk:

[...]
#
#       The board of The NetBSD Foundation is the final arbiter of
#       which licenses may be in DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES.  As an
#       exception to the above policy on treating Free, Open Source,
#       and DFSG licenses as acceptable, the board has decided that
#       licenses that trigger obligations from use (rather than
#       redistribution), such as the Affero GPL, should not be in
#       DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES.
#
[...]






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