The "no-source-code" license label is intended only to be used as a qualifier to an otherwise free license. For example, a binary-only package distributed under the BSD license should have LICENSE="BSD no-source-code", in order to mask it for users with ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE". Therefore: - With a non-free license, the "no-source-code" qualifier is redundant. - The "no-source-code" label must never be used on its own. Previous discussion in gentoo-dev: https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/9a7dcd3a63fb8be6701e1be9b5d8d1dd
@Licenses team: I suggest clarifying licenses/no-source-code as follows: -The "no-source-code" license label must never be used on its own, but -only along with the license under which the package is distributed. +Note to developers: The "no-source-code" license label must never be +used on its own, but only along with the license under which the +package is distributed. It should only be used together with licenses +that would qualify as free when used for source code.
