Re: git: f0382e54e643 - main - graphics/proj: Add LICENSE_FILE

On 2025-10-25 15:09, Michael Gmelin wrote:
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>> On 25. Oct 2025, at 14:53, Daniel Engberg <diizzy@freebsd.org> wrote:
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>> On 2025-10-25 14:49, Michael Gmelin wrote:
>>>>> On 25. Oct 2025, at 14:43, Daniel Engberg <diizzy@freebsd.org> wrote:
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>>>> On 2025-10-25 14:22, Po-Chuan Hsieh wrote:
>>>>> The branch main has been updated by sunpoet:
>>>>>
>>>>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/? id=f0382e54e643633e01daabd63eae23851f0c7764
>>>>>
>>>>> commit f0382e54e643633e01daabd63eae23851f0c7764
>>>>> Author:     Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@FreeBSD.org>
>>>>> AuthorDate: 2025-10-25 12:21:16 +0000
>>>>> Commit:     Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@FreeBSD.org>
>>>>> CommitDate: 2025-10-25 12:21:16 +0000
>>>>>
>>>>>      graphics/proj: Add LICENSE_FILE
>>>>>           Approved by:    portmgr (blanket)
>>>>> ---
>>>>>   graphics/proj/Makefile | 2 +-
>>>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/graphics/proj/Makefile b/graphics/proj/Makefile
>>>>> index 9909e35de29f..0d3a2e1c4064 100644
>>>>> --- a/graphics/proj/Makefile
>>>>> +++ b/graphics/proj/Makefile
>>>>> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ COMMENT=    Cartographic Projections library
>>>>>   WWW=        https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ
>>>>>     LICENSE=    MIT
>>>>> -#LICENSE_FILE=    ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
>>>>> +LICENSE_FILE=    ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
>>>>>     BUILD_DEPENDS=    nlohmann-json>=3:devel/nlohmann-json
>>>>>   LIB_DEPENDS=    libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
>>>>
>>>> This is clearly incorrect if you actually read COPYING, back this out.
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>>> See https://proj.org/en/stable/about.html#license <https://proj.org/en/ stable/about.html#license>
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>> Not sure what you're replying to?
>> https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/blob/9.7.0/COPYING
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>> https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#licenses-license_file
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> Did you follow the link I shared?
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> "PROJ uses the MIT license. The software was initially released by the USGS in the public domain. When Frank Warmerdam took over the development of PROJ it was moved under the MIT license. The full text of the license follows, and can also be found in the file COPYING, at the top level of the source distribution package."
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> If you read COPYING, the first part explains what the license was in previous versions and then is followed by the license text of the current version (which is MIT, as far as I can tell).
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> At least that’s my understanding.
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> Best
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...and if you read Porters Handbook, "Full path to the file containing 
the license text". It's not complete which likely is the reason why its 
not added in the first place and additionally also refers to other files.

Best regards,
Daniel