License info Q

[Fabian Keil]

Roger Marquis <marquis at roble.com> wrote:

> I need to get license info from a batch of ports and packages.
> 
> Problem is not all the specified ports/pkgs are installed or have license
> info in their Makefile.  Is there a reliable way to enumerate port or
> package license strings, preferably without fetching a package tarfile?

No. Also note that the "license information" in the Makefiles is often
misleading[1] and thus not particular useful if you actually care about
license compliance.

Unfortunately reporting incorrect license information seems to be
a waste of time so things are unlikely to improve any time soon:
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=195807

Fabian

[1] The lack of documentation doesn't help.
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