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

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Nicolas Pierron
<nicolas.b.pierron at gmail.com> writes:

> IMO, a package _possess_ a license (the LICENSE file is inside the
> distributed sources or near the download location).  So I don't
> understand why you are wondering where to put the license information?

Risk of inaccuracy, as was discussed already.

> Again, having a location which is not near the package (like
> top-level/licenses.nix) is not a good solution.

The idea was that such a “special” file would most likely not be touched
by those who don’t care about licensing issues or software freedom,
which should help keep it accurate.

Thanks,
Ludo’.