[Hackage] #205: Remove BSD4 from Cabal.Distribution.License.License
#205: Remove BSD4 from Cabal.Distribution.License.License ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: igloo | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.8.2 Platform: Linux | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- I doubt any Haskell software actually uses the BSD4 license, and it is likely to confuse users as it looks like a newer version of BSD3. Currently we have {{{ data License = ... | BSD3 | BSD4 }}} so I propose moving to one of {{{ data License = ... | BSD3 data License = ... | BSD data License = ... | BSD3 | OldBSD data License = ... | BSD | OldBSD data License = ... | NewBSD | OldBSD }}} (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical lists it as "New BSD license") All but the first will require changing a number of packages. We could leave the old BSD3 name as deprecated for a while, though. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/205 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects
#205: Remove BSD4 from Cabal.Distribution.License.License ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: igloo | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: Linux ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment (by duncan): We may also want to add some other common licenses, eg MIT and perhaps also support licenses with version numbers, ie (L)GPL. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/205#comment:1 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects
#205: Remove BSD4 from Cabal.Distribution.License.License ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: igloo | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: Linux ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment (by duncan): For example of probably confusion see: http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/hbeat-0.1 The LICENSE file included in that package seems to be BSD3. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/205#comment:2 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects
#205: Remove BSD4 from Cabal.Distribution.License.License ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: igloo | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Cabal-1.4 Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: easy (<4 hours) Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: Linux ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Changes (by duncan): * difficulty: normal => easy (<4 hours) * milestone: => Cabal-1.4 -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/205#comment:3 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects
#205: Remove BSD4 from Cabal.Distribution.License.License ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: igloo | Owner: Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Cabal-1.4 Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Resolution: fixed Keywords: | Difficulty: easy (<4 hours) Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: Linux ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Changes (by duncan): * status: new => closed * resolution: => fixed Comment: We cannot actually remove it immediately but it is now on the way to being deprecated because sdist and hackage now warn about its use. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/205#comment:4 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects
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