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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [libreplanet-discuss] programming language package
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [libreplanet-discuss] programming language package manager |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Apr 2016 04:37:41 -0400 |
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> Most of the repositories listed are based on manifest files that contain
> license metadata about the package, but none of the underlying package
> managers contain means of:
> * disallowing non-FLOSS-licensed packages; or even so much as
> * ensuring the licenses of all libraries are compatible with each other.
Even better would be to make a rule for the repository
that only GPL-compatible free licenses are permitted.
That way, the package manager does not need to think about the issue.
Perhaps our versions of these repositories should reject all but
the GPL-compatible free packages.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org)
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- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [libreplanet-discuss] programming language package manager, Paul M, 2016/04/12
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [libreplanet-discuss] programming language package manager, Richard Stallman, 2016/04/18
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [libreplanet-discuss] programming language package manager, Richard Stallman, 2016/04/18
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [libreplanet-discuss] programming language package manager, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/04/18
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [libreplanet-discuss] programming language package manager, Richard Stallman, 2016/04/18
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [libreplanet-discuss] programming language package manager, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/04/19
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [libreplanet-discuss] programming language package manager, Richard Stallman, 2016/04/20
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