[Slackbuilds-users] Feature request

[Petar Petrov]

Quoting Ivan Zaigralin <melikamp at melikamp.com>:

> How about a variable in .info which identifies the type of license(s) used
> in the package to be built? Something like
>
> LICENSE="free"|"non-free"
>
> or
>
> FREE_SOFTWARE="true"|"false"
>
> where "free" would indicate that the package only contains free software.
> The inclusion of this variable can be made optional.
>
> This will be transparent to those who want to keep using Slackbuilds the
> same way as before, but it will also provide utility to everyone. With
> only a modest effort from each maintainer, every user will be able to quickly
> check the license type of a package without chasing down the   
> sources. Moreover,
> automated license management will become possible.
>
>

Hi

License management? Do we really need this? Isn't this going to make  
things more complicated, unnecessarily? I may sound lazy and selfish,  
but I do not want to have to check a yet another thing before i submit  
a SlackBuild. If some software requires registration or has something  
"special" about it's license, couldn't this be listed in the README?

-petar