[Nix-dev] Re: Separating Free/non-free package

[Michael Raskin]

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Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> meta = {
>>   license = { reviewed = true; value = "GPL"; }; # .. bad if you copy paste. You can forget to change this
>> }
> That’s one possibility but I find it tedious.  For instance, all GNU
> packages are free per the 4 freedoms, so it seems easier to just list
> them in a file (which is what I called “free-packages.nix” or
> “gnu-packages.nix”) than to update their license field.

I would say that the automation chances of both options are comparable.

>> Another way (never do copy/paste errors): Add a file which contains the
>> reviewed packages so that a packages is unreviewed unless explicit
>> action is taken or such..
> Yes, that’s roughly the idea with “free-packages.nix” (that could be
> “reviewed-packages.nix” instead but I assumed there isn’t much to review
> in proprietary software).

Well, reviewed proprietary could be distinguished from unreviewed package.

And there are different proprietary licenses.. To mention one thing,
redistributable/non-redistributable.
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