Re: Rejecting uploads without (an appropriate) license?

>>>>> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:13:21 +1100, Adam Kennedy <[email protected]> said:

  > Would it be worth adding a check to PAUSE to reject any distribution
  > for which a license/copyright either cannot be determined at all, or
  > it can be determined that it is a non-open-source (i.e. "restricted")
  > license.

  > At the very least, this would catch people forgetting to add
  > copyright/licences, and make sure those modules can be maintained at a
  > later date.

What tools do we have to identify the licensing of a distribution?

I'd like to see a picture of the status quo with regard to licensing
and want to check the quality of existing tools before thinking about
steps to be taken.

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andreas