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Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el


From: Dmitry Gutov
Subject: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 19:08:06 +0200
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On 04.01.2021 18:29, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
    >     It doesn't have any links to the programs themselves, or even pointers
    >     to their home pages. Its purpose is to show which version has been
    >     published where, and who is maintaining that.
    >
    > That doesn't really matter, the list lists non-free software packages
    > and users can easily think that the program is free software (since
    > there is no license information associated with it).

    Do you have an example?

nmap.

What about it?

An example would be a URL to a web page which shows something which might be misconstrued by the user. Especially when such situation is the fault of the project, and not of the underlying sources of information.

https://repology.org/project/nmap/packages (okay, this shows the homepage too) clearly shows the non-standard license where it can.

And the GPLv2 license for older versions.



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