ports/186662: Suggestion: Change confusing wording in bsd.licenses.mk

[Thomas Zander]

>Number:         186662
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Suggestion: Change confusing wording in bsd.licenses.mk
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 11 19:30:00 UTC 2014
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Thomas Zander
>Release:        
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>Description:
The explanation of the different permissions in bsd.licenses.mk
reads quite counterintuitive and is probably often misinterpreted.
>How-To-Repeat:
Read the sections "Available components for LICENSE_PERMS" and
"Notes about permissions" in bsd.licenses.mk.
>Fix:
I propose to commit the attached diff to Mk/bsd.licenses.mk

Patch attached with submission follows:

Index: Mk/bsd.licenses.mk
===================================================================
--- Mk/bsd.licenses.mk	(revision 343500)
+++ Mk/bsd.licenses.mk	(working copy)
@@ -91,15 +91,19 @@
 # LICENSE_{GROUPS,NOTES}.
 #
 # Available components for LICENSE_PERMS:
-# dist-mirror	- No free redistribution of distfile (like FTP mirroring; RESTRICTED).
-# dist-sell		- No selling of distfile (like in CD-ROM; NO_CDROM).
-# pkg-mirror	- No free redistribution of package (like FTP upload; NO_PACKAGE).
-# pkg-sell		- No selling of package (like in CD-ROM; NO_CDROM).
-# auto-accept	- If license is accepted by default, without presented
+# dist-mirror	- Redistribution of distfile is permitted
+# 				  (like FTP mirroring; port is not RESTRICTED).
+# dist-sell		- Selling of distfile, e.g. on CD-ROM is permitted
+# 				  (port does not need to set NO_CDROM).
+# pkg-mirror	- Free redistribution of package is permitted
+# 				  (like FTP upload; port does not set NO_PACKAGE).
+# pkg-sell		- Selling of package is permitted, e.g. on CD-ROM.
+# auto-accept	- License is accepted by default, without presented
 # 				  agreement, unless the user defines LICENSES_ASK.
 #
 # Notes about permissions:
-# - Permissions use a default-deny policy.
+# - Permissions use a default-deny policy (e.g. not setting "dist-mirror"
+#   means it is automatically excluded).
 # - Components can be negated by prefixing them with "no-" (like
 #   "no-pkg-sell").
 # - In case a component is present and also excluded (i.e. no-dist-sell and


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