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author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2019-06-02 21:45:28 +0100 |
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committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2019-06-02 21:45:28 +0100 |
commit | 2018227e9344edb9da15fc6a4a8298086cc2aa77 (patch) | |
tree | c18e1c09e605e94e2a1e93345ad25746cc9e14b9 /metadata/news/2019-05-23-accept_license/2019-05-23-accept_license.en.txt | |
parent | 6f8038813c460b4f0572d5ef595cdfa94af3a94d (diff) |
gentoo resync : 02.06.2019
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diff --git a/metadata/news/2019-05-23-accept_license/2019-05-23-accept_license.en.txt b/metadata/news/2019-05-23-accept_license/2019-05-23-accept_license.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e42c120b672b --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/news/2019-05-23-accept_license/2019-05-23-accept_license.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +Title: Change of ACCEPT_LICENSE default +Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> +Author: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> +Posted: 2019-05-23 +Revision: 2 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 + +The default set of accepted licenses has been changed [1,2] to: + + ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE" + +This means that by default only free software and documentation +will be installable. The "FREE" license group is defined in the +profiles/license_groups file in the Gentoo repository. It contains +licenses that are explicitly approved by the Free Software Foundation, +the Open Source Initiative, or that follow the Free Software +Definition. + +The system wide default for the accepted licenses is controlled by +the ACCEPT_LICENSE variable in /etc/portage/make.conf, or it can be +specified on a per-package basis in /etc/portage/package.license. + +For example, to allow the app-arch/unrar and sys-kernel/linux-firmware +packages to be installed, the following lines would have to be added +to /etc/portage/package.license: + + app-arch/unrar unRAR + sys-kernel/linux-firmware @BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE + +A migration tool app-portage/elicense is available. It scans installed +packages for licenses that are no longer accepted, and generates a list +in the same format as the package.license file. See elicense's README +for further details. + +If you want to revert to the previous default, add the following line +to /etc/portage/make.conf: + + ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" + +This will permit all licenses, except End User License Agreements that +require reading and signing an acceptance agreement. Note that this +will also accept non-free software and documentation. + +See GLEP 23 [3] as well as the make.conf(5) and portage(5) man pages +for the detailed syntax of the ACCEPT_LICENSE variable. Further +information about licenses can be found in the Gentoo Handbook [4] +and on the license groups wiki page [5]. + +[1] https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20190210-summary.txt +[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/676248 +[3] https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0023.html +[4] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Working/Portage#Licenses +[5] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/License_groups |