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Please provide a proper license tag in the Cabal file #8
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What's the issue with |
It's not a license. It's a dummy entry that means "I don't know" and that does not convey any information. This makes life harder for people who try to distribute your packages, i.e. in NixOS or openSUSE because we cannot tell whether the package is free software or not from the Cabal file. |
On one hand, I'll update the license information on next release. |
I am not a lawyer. I just saw that some people do consider the license equivalent to "public domain". Personally, I would like best if you would re-license your project under an established free software license like BSD2 or MIT, because those licenses accomplish the same thing without ambiguity or profanity. It's your call, though, just my 2 cents. I'm seeing this issue entirely through the glasses of someone who wants to maximize the convenience for people who package and distribute your code -- and for us, established well-known licenses are great. |
License is now |
Would you consider using a license type that's supported by Cabal for your package so, i.e. the
PublicDomain
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