Re: pkg/46610: vim-license, so editors/vim shouldn't carry a LICENSE variable?

The following reply was made to PR pkg/46610; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Thomas Klausner <wiz <at> NetBSD.org>
To: NetBSD bugtracking <gnats-bugs <at> NetBSD.org>
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/46610: vim-license, so editors/vim shouldn't carry a LICENSE
 variable?
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:23:49 +0200

 On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 08:55:00AM +0000, reezer <at> reezer.org wrote:
 > From the comment in mk.conf[1]:
 > 
 >   Packages with licenses that qualify as  "open source"
 >   according to OSI or "Free" according to FSF are not
 >   marked with a LICENSE variable.

 Oops, that was outdated, and I've just removed it.

 > But from what I understand (and I hope that's correct) vim starting
 > with 6.1 is free software[2]. It says it isn't really copyleft, but
 > that isn't the requirement, right?

 I think we've decided that OSI/FSF-Free licenses don't need the word
 "license" in the name, so I'll leave this PR open for that reason.
  Thomas