Re: Missing License in official archive, so cannot be redistribute extension.

Le 22/10/2013 11:00, Derick Rethans a écrit : > On Mon, 21 Oct 2013, Remi Collet wrote: > >> Here is the list of some (in the ~80 I have checked) extensions where >> the LICENSE file is missing from the official archive of the last >> released version. >> >> So those extensions cannot be redistribute. > > That's a bit of a useless blanket statement. The package.xml ought to > link to the license file, so why not just extract it when it's linked > there instead? the packaging system can easily take care of that. I should probably have wrote "...cannot be redistribute easily without hacking". The link in the package.xml is often http://www.php.net/license Which is not enough (which version ?). Some are still v2 or v3 Yes, I often extract the URL from the headers: | This source file is subject to version 3.01 of the PHP license, | that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is | available through the world-wide-web at the following url: | http://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt. And in all case, when preparing a package, full review of all sources, and bundled library are required. Yes the packager can do the work instead of upstream. Once again, what is the cost of adding this file ? Is this not just respect for downstream distribution ? Remi.