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Bug 174315 - Licenses "In human-readable form" is vague
Summary: Licenses "In human-readable form" is vague
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification: Unclassified
Component: PMS/EAPI (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal
Assignee: Package Manager Specification
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Reported: 2007-04-12 18:36 UTC by Marien Zwart (RETIRED)
Modified: 2007-05-04 21:55 UTC (History)
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Description Marien Zwart (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-04-12 18:36:03 UTC 
Section 3.5 says the text of the license must be "in human-readable
form", and "Plain text format is strongly preferred but not required".
If "human-readable form" does not mean "plain text", what does it
mean? This should either be clarified or dropped.
Comment 1 Ciaran McCreesh 2007-04-12 18:49:49 UTC 
Plain text means just that -- simple UTF-8 text. Other human readable formats that aren't plain text include HTML and PDF.
Comment 2 Brian Harring (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-05-04 21:47:04 UTC 
such a req is in conflict with two licenses in the tree-
PoseidonCommon.pdf, gips_iLBClicense.pdf

suggest getting that rectified.
Comment 3 Ciaran McCreesh 2007-05-04 21:55:57 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> such a req is in conflict with two licenses in the tree-
> PoseidonCommon.pdf, gips_iLBClicense.pdf

No it isn't.