[76824] trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-keywords.xml

[mk at macports.org]

Revision: 76824
          http://trac.macports.org/changeset/76824
Author:   mk at macports.org
Date:     2011-03-09 15:37:17 -0800 (Wed, 09 Mar 2011)
Log Message:
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Guide: explain license keyword

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-keywords.xml

Modified: trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-keywords.xml
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--- trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-keywords.xml	2011-03-09 22:47:04 UTC (rev 76823)
+++ trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-keywords.xml	2011-03-09 23:37:17 UTC (rev 76824)
@@ -191,5 +191,27 @@
         <programlisting>platforms           darwin freebsd</programlisting>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+      <term>license</term>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para>The proper format for license consists of the license name,
+        followed by a hyphen and number if indicating a specific version. A
+        space should be placed between licenses if there is more than one.
+        </para>
+
+		<para>(Additional suggestions: If the version number is a
+		<quote>.0</quote> version, including the <quote>.0</quote> is
+		optional. If the author gives the choice of using a given license or
+		<quote>any later version</quote> of it, include a plus (+) after the
+		version number; if the version specified is also the earliest version,
+		just leave out a version number entirely since it implies all
+		versions. —L2G)</para>
+
+        <programlisting>license           GPL-3</programlisting>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
   </variablelist>
 </section>
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