Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:

> Additionally the lookup result does not provide license information
> thus putting all proprietary software available from various package
> repositories together with free sofware and leads people to
> confusions.

The license information is here, stored in each package. However, the UI
does not display at the "project" level.  You need to look at a package
to see it.

It is possible to display it at the "project" level, too, by configuring
`repology-display-projects-columns'. See, for example, how outdated
package versions are collected in this variable.

However, depending on the repository, the license information may be
incomplete, inaccurate, or downwards misleading. So I'm not sure it is
a good idea to display it by default. It can be done, tho.

Regards,
-- 
Nicolas Goaziou