Bug 684092

Summary:	Add freedist to the BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE license group
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Ulrich Müller <ulm>
Component:	Profiles	Assignee:	Licenses team <licenses>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2019-04-22 09:07:53 UTC

"freedist" is a catch-all for simple licenses that allow free redistribution, and therefore it should be added to the BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE license group.

NB, licenses that impose additional restrictions on redistribution shouldn't be subsumed under freedist, in the first place.

Comment 1 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2019-04-22 17:05:01 UTC

commit de72596363bdfc9576b0550b19e1f9ef337edf7e
Author: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
Date:   Mon Apr 22 08:33:57 2019 -0700

    license_groups: add freedist to @BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE
    
    As discussed in #gentoo-releng on 2019/04/22.
    
    The freedist catch-all license:
    - permits distribution
    - does not require explicit approval
    - does not restrict cost of redistribution
    
    Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>