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A lot of non-Free software also disallows redistribution, so it's not permissible to put it in the binary repository. It's possible that free but not Free (e.g., zero-cost binary-only software) software could be included in the repository.

pkg metadata does include license information -- see https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/20, but I am not sure of plans to provide user-facing control over acceptable licenses at the moment. It's a good idea though and I'll see if we can make it happen.



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