Am 05.02.2011 15:29, schrieb Joerg Schilling:
Nicolaus Millin
wrote: I have just compiled two lists that might be helpful concerning the license discussion. You can find them at
- http://www.vorkon.de/vkd/vkd-vorkon-yipi/OS_license_types.html This list shows existing different license tags (from example RPM packages). The links lead to information pages where you can find detailled (German) information about a project package. By clicking on "Homepage" you can have a quick look at their project homepage where you usually find some license information.
- http://www.vorkon.de/vkd/vkd-vorkon-yipi/OS_RPM_licenses.txt An alphabetical list of the 28.000+ packets with their licenses.
Could you please give us some explanations on the tables?
following the discussion on this list I tried to help answering a question from jdd (his mail from Fri, 04 Feb 2011 20:09:43 +0100, licence status). I tinkered a little with the database from my YiPI project that tracks a good deal of the openSUSE repositories. Having the RPM package meta information in my database I just had to create the two lists mentioned above. - OS_RPM_licenses.txt is an alphabetical list of all tracked RPMs alphabetically sorted by RPM name with their respective license information / license tag retrieved from their RPM package meta information. - OS_license_types.html is an alphabetically sorted list of all different license tags that are present in my database (right column). In the left column you´ll find one example of an RPM with this type of license. I thought this to be handy for a quick overview of the different license types. Clicking a RPM link you get to a page with detailed information about this RPM. By clicking the button "Homepage" on this detailed RPM information page you can have a closer look into a project where you usually find its license information.
Did you create them on your own?
yes
How did you retrueve the data seen inside?
by retrieving the repository RPM meta information from each repository and putting it into my database.
What does the unspecific term "GPL" mean?
sorry, I can´t answer that; the table only shows information retrieved from the RPM repositories meta information. If you follow the links and go to the homepage of a project you should get some more information there.
Why is there "CDDL" and "SUN Common Development and Distribution License 1.0" in the same table?
same as above. The list just shows what different license tags exist within my database; alphabetically sorted with an example RPM for each type of license tag. (maybe this overview can help in creating a more standardized listing in the license tag. This could make it easier to sort for license types etc.) Best regards Nico
Jörg
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