Re: Clarify the license field of the package

[宋文武]

John Kehayias <john.kehayias@protonmail.com> writes:

> Hello 宋文武,
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 05:02 PM, 宋文武 wrote:
>
>> Hello list, I have some questions about the 'license' of a package,
>> currently defined as:
>>
>>     The license of the package; a value from ‘(guix licenses)’, or a
>>     list of such values.
>>
>> 1. It's the license of source files (guix build -S) or built binary
>>    files?
>>
>
> Not a lawyer by any means, so I'm not sure how it works. For sure it
> applies to the source, but after building the binary output will
> contain a LICENSE or COPYING file (always? I would assume). Other than
> that, I don't know :)

Yes, guix distribute both sources and binaries (via substitute).  As a
packager, I'm afraid to get that 'license' field wrong...

> [...]
> Those are my guesses/experiences above, hope that is helpful.

Thank you for join discussion!