Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Violations of GPL in GuixSD packaging design

[Jean Louis]

Riley,

I have downloaded the wicd packages from GuixSD depository on
https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org and I have searched for the copy of the
license in the directory that was installed on my system. There was
none. Please prove me wrong.

I have some money for donations, but I don't have time to repair other
maybe dozens, hundreds of packages and include licenses into it. The
design has flaws, and that important flaw to include GPL license with
the executable or object code in the package, shall be remedied as
fast. GuixSD as distribution or group, shall take care to comply with
the GPL licenses. There must be developer's decision to take care of
licenses.

And not that other people provide multiple patches for multiple packages
which were packaged by flawed design in regards to GPL.

Jean Louis

On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 09:30:50PM +1000, Riley Baird wrote:
> > 1. FORGETTING TO INCLUDE THE LICENSE:
> 
> I understand where you're coming from. There's a simple solution -
> distribute the text of the licenses with Guix. This is what NetBSD does
> with pkgsrc - see:
> http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/licenses/
> 
> You should try submitting a patch to try and resolve the issue.\