Hi Sughosha, On 2026-04-29 at 06:14+05:30, Sughosha wrote: > The package Reference of the Guix manual only says this much > regarding package license: > > > The license of the package; a value from (guix licenses), > > or a list of such values. > > <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/guix.html#package-Reference> > > But to me it is unclear whether it is applicable only > to an installable (by `guix package --install PACKAGE`) package > or is it also applicable to the `source` of the package > (which can be obtained by `guix build --source PACKAGE`) > > I got this question because there are some examples or demos > in various source codes which use different licenses > than the main (built) programs but are not built > and installed at the end. Should the `license` field > of such package definitions also include the licenses > used by such unused demos or examples in their source codes?
I understand the license as of what is distributed, so both. By using origin-snippet you can remove the non-free files. I don't know how other interpret the meaning of that field though. Cheers, Phong
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