Re: [Gnumed-devel] some license issues (was Re: Launchpad Blueprints vs Bug vs Wiki...)

[Karsten Hilbert]

Sounds OK to me.

Karsten

> Karsten> I am still not sure about the license of Blueprint *content*.
> 
> I'm told about translation on #launchpad:
> 
> "gour: the issue with translations is that Launchpad provides a way to
> use translations entered for one project as suggestions for
> another. this means your project benefits from work done on other
> projects if there are similar strings...if all the translations entered
> on LP for your project were GPL licensed, then they couldn't be used as
> suggestions for GPL-incompatible projects (e.g. MPL, etc).  gour: given
> that the requirements of the BSD license are essentially a subset of the
> GPL requirements, there isn't anything wrong with licensing your project
> as a whole under the GPL."
> 
> "gour: GPL has no problem with BSD"
> 
> "the only real effect of the translation licensing is that translations
>  entered for your project may end up being used for other projects
>  (which hopefully you're fine with, since the reverse also happens)".
> 
> and about blueprints:
> 
> "now, there isn't really any analogue of this for blueprints so there is
> no similar licensing requirement"
> 
> <gour> so, blueprints are solely under the project's license?"
> 
> "given that the text is hosted externally, it can be whatever you want.
>  
> there is no set requirement."
>  
> 
> I hope it helps...and it means that wiki can be used for blueprint's
> content until it becomes implemented and then (hopefully) documented in
> official docs.
> 
> 
> 
> Sincerely, 
> Gour
> 
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> 
> Gour  | Zagreb, Croatia  | GPG key: C6E7162D
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