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general-concepts/licenses: Licenses must be plain text
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Historically we had some PDF files in the repository, but the last
of them was removed in 2011.

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
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ulm committed Apr 29, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ indicates <c>GPL-2+</c> license:
<p>
If your package's license is not already in the tree, you must add the
license before committing the package. When adding the license, use a
plain text file (UTF-8 encoded) if at all possible. Some licenses are
PDF files rather than plain text <d/> this should only be done if we
are legally required to do so.
plain text file (UTF-8 encoded), because non-text files
<uri link="::general-concepts/tree/#What Belongs in the Tree?">do not belong
in the repository</uri>.
Finally you need to check if your license should be added to a license group
as listed in $PORTDIR/profiles/license_groups. For more information see the
<uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0023.html">GLEP 23</uri>.
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