[Chicken-janitors] Re: #358: warn about possible license conflicts when installing extensions

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#358: warn about possible license conflicts when installing extensions
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  Reporter:  felix        |       Owner:                         
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                    
  Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:                         
 Component:  core tools   |     Version:  4.6.x                  
Resolution:               |    Keywords:  license chicken-install
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Comment(by felix):

 Replying to [comment:2 iraikov]:
 > I disagree with this. It is generally not possible to determine license
 compatibility because there might be egg license with additional exception
 clauses. Such a warning would be an obnoxious and unnecessary feature.

 Believe me, I haven't got the slightest interest in this whole licensing
 stuff. But the request came up and this ticket is only to collect
 implementation suggestions and what to do at all. And I do think that
 giving salmonella or chicken-install or whoever the option to indicate the
 dependency of a non-GPLd egg to a GPLd egg is a useful thing.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/358#comment:3>
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