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Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el]
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Stephen J. Turnbull |
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Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el] |
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Wed, 08 Jan 2014 12:23:15 +0900 |
Grim Schjetne writes:
> I viewed a random package in Marmalade and it had no indication of a
> license whatsoever. Perhaps the author intended to release it as free
> software
If so, it *is* free software. It's just very risky for users, because
without a verifiable statement of license, the author could change his
mind and the users would have no recourse.
True, failing to post a license violates best practices, but it's
unlikely that even a patent shark would upload a file to Marmalade in
the hopes that they could sue users for enough money to pay court
costs. It would be nice if the repos would enforce a policy of
removing packages that do not contain an explicit statement of
license.
- RE: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], (continued)
- RE: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Drew Adams, 2014/01/07
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Richard Stallman, 2014/01/07
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Bob Bobeck, 2014/01/07
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Nic Ferrier, 2014/01/08
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Achim Gratz, 2014/01/08
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Andy Moreton, 2014/01/08
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Nic Ferrier, 2014/01/09
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Tassilo Horn, 2014/01/09
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], chad, 2014/01/09
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Achim Gratz, 2014/01/09
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el],
Stephen J. Turnbull <=
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], David Kastrup, 2014/01/08
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Richard Stallman, 2014/01/07
- RE: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Drew Adams, 2014/01/07
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Stephen J. Turnbull, 2014/01/07
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Richard Stallman, 2014/01/08
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Ted Zlatanov, 2014/01/07
- RE: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Drew Adams, 2014/01/07
- Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el], Richard Stallman, 2014/01/07
Re: mykie.el, Stefan Monnier, 2014/01/03