[MacPorts] #67989: legacy-support: license precludes distributable binaries; declare license_noconflict, via pg 'legacysupport'?

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#67989: legacy-support: license precludes distributable binaries; declare
license_noconflict, via pg 'legacysupport'?
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  Reporter:  mascguy         |      Owner:  mascguy
      Type:  defect          |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports           |    Version:  2.8.1
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
      Port:  legacy-support  |
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Comment (by mascguy):

 My original freak-out related to this topic, didn't factor in the various
 licenses that come into play. But I think - and I'll let Josh clarify -
 that this will mostly be a pain for GPL-based components.

 That's supported by the fact that the corrected license has been in place
 for nearly six weeks... yet very few ports appear to be negatively
 affected.

 Despite continually updating my entire suite of VMs (10.5 thru Monterey),
 almost daily... the only two ports that I noticed building from source,
 are `mysql57` and `gnupg2`. Virtually everything else has updated from the
 MacPorts-provided binaries. And I have a considerable swath of things
 installed on each VM, on the order of 1,000-ish ports/each.

 Others' mileage may vary. But my gut tells me that this may not be a big
 deal overall. Enough so that I almost regret creating this ticket, as I
 didn't want to panic others unnecessarily...

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/67989#comment:7>
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