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| -rw-r--r-- | guix/import/utils.scm | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/guix/import/utils.scm b/guix/import/utils.scm index 5420037d1d..6afb009a00 100644 --- a/guix/import/utils.scm +++ b/guix/import/utils.scm @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ;;; Copyright © 2021 Xinglu Chen <public@yoctocell.xyz> ;;; Copyright © 2022 Alice Brenon <alice.brenon@ens-lyon.fr> ;;; Copyright © 2022 Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> +;;; Copyright © 2022 Philip McGrath <philip@philipmcgrath.com> ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -131,8 +132,9 @@ of the string VERSION is replaced by the symbol 'version." (bytevector->nix-base32-string (file-sha256 filename))) (define (spdx-string->license str) - "Convert STR, a SPDX formatted license identifier, to a license object. - Return #f if STR does not match any known identifiers." + "Convert STR, an SPDX license identifier, to a symbol like 'license:gpl3+ +giving the prefixed name of a license object exported from (guix licenses). +Return #f if STR does not match any known SPDX license identifiers." ;; https://spdx.org/licenses/ ;; The gfl1.0, nmap, repoze ;; licenses doesn't have SPDX identifiers @@ -257,8 +259,9 @@ of the string VERSION is replaced by the symbol 'version." (_ #f))) (define (license->symbol license) - "Convert license to a symbol representing the variable the object is bound -to in the (guix licenses) module, or #f if there is no such known license." + "Convert LICENSE object to a prefixed symbol representing the variable the +object is bound to in the (guix licenses) module, such as 'license:gpl3+, or +#f if there is no such known license." (define licenses (module-map (lambda (sym var) `(,(variable-ref var) . ,sym)) (resolve-interface '(guix licenses) #:prefix 'license:))) |