Re: [Haskell-cafe] Hackage and Free Software
On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 07:27:16PM +0200, fr33domlover wrote:
I'd like to make a suggestion: have Hackage accept only packages released under free software licenses. This is probably true for most/all packages there, but making it official will both send a strong message to and from the community, and provide people with the security and peace of mind, knowing their software is free as in freedom.
I was pretty sure there was a note somewhere on hackage to only upload software with open source licences, but alas I cannot find it now... (maybe I am confusing myself with another package archiver?). I agree having a "please use a licence approved by the OSI/FSF" could prevent problems and seems a sensible choice in any case.
IIRC hackage doesnt accept AllRightsReserved packages (or at least sdist warns about it strongly)
Tom
El Feb 28, 2015, a las 13:50, Francesco Ariis
On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 07:27:16PM +0200, fr33domlover wrote:
I'd like to make a suggestion: have Hackage accept only packages released under free software licenses. This is probably true for most/all packages there, but making it official will both send a strong message to and from the community, and provide people with the security and peace of mind, knowing their software is free as in freedom.
I was pretty sure there was a note somewhere on hackage to only upload software with open source licences, but alas I cannot find it now... (maybe I am confusing myself with another package archiver?).
I agree having a "please use a licence approved by the OSI/FSF" could prevent problems and seems a sensible choice in any case.
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