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On 2022-07-04 10:30, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> Jon Turney wrote:
>>> The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:
>>> * cygport-0.35.2-1
>>> cygport is the standard method for building and maintaining
>>> packages for the Cygwin distribution.
>>> Jon Turney (7):
>>>        Add LICENSE variable

>> I would suggest to print a note or warning if LICENSE is missing.
>> This may encourage maintainers to add it.

> I second that emotion.
> For those unconvinced, here's a friendly detailed explanation:
> https://blog.codinghorror.com/pick-a-license-any-license/
Good article! Great quote from comments:
"Most developers will spend more time deciding on which license to use 
and figuring out the difference between all of the licenses than they 
will developing the app they want to license."

I would suggest not yet, as there is no other documentation that it 
exists, what it should contain, or suggestions for use, and it would be 
annoying to maintainers if it appeared every time the .cygport is parsed 
during a build! It needs to be discussed some more on cygwin-apps.

Perhaps a reminder at scallywag build or cygport upload, once the 
requirements have been documented?

I am one of the initial users and am still short of 50% of my packages, 
as it is non-trivial to decide what to call a licence if not (and even 
sometimes if) explicitly documented in the package.
Most packages contain some file called something like COPYING sometimes 
LICEN[CS]E which contains a bunch of clauses often without any label or 
name, which the maintainer has to match against known licences, possibly 
catalogued and named at the SPDX, CC, OSI, FSF/GNU sites, or another 
such as Beerware.

For example, curl had a licence which is now called the "curl license": 
not sure if that is even valid in most English-speaking jurisdictions 
where the noun is "licenCe": IANAL!
Similar issue to the legal basis of time being solar or GMT where UTC is 
not defined in any legislation.

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