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Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license.
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Alex Vong |
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Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license. |
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Tue, 29 Mar 2016 04:07:30 +0800 |
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Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 09:00:38AM -0700, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
>> Leo Famulari writes:
>>
>> > On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 02:02:11PM -0700, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
>> >> Efraim Flashner writes:
>> >>
>> >> > On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 18:50:53 -0700
>> >> > Christopher Allan Webber <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Leo Famulari writes:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [...]
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Now there's a license name bound to cause some confusion!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It looks free... I think it would be okay to push. But maybe if only
>> >> >> one or two packages use it it would be better to just use the
>> >> >> non-copyleft license option?
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > I went and doublechecked the license, because I've heard in the past
>> >> > it's not
>> >> > actually a copyleft license. According to wikipedia[0], it is not
>> >> > copyleft,
>> >> > but is GPL compatable, and recognized by the FSF. The language of the
>> >> > license
>> >> > does allow for not buying the author a beer.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerware
>> >>
>> >> It's not a copyleft license, right. That's why I suggested non-copyleft
>> >> :)
>> >>
>> >> For example, in unzip:
>> >>
>> >> (license (license:non-copyleft "file://LICENSE"
>> >> "See LICENSE in the distribution."))
>> >
>> > I'll do whatever the consensus says.
>>
>> Okay, and again, I don't have strong opinions, just a suggestion.
>>
>> > But what about the IBM license on the base64 component of signify? What
>> > should I do about that?
>>
>> I don't know, could you point to what the code is and the license?
>
> The issue is described in the cover letter:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-03/msg01097.html
For your reference, Debian maintainer calls this "IBM license". [0] I
would call it a non-copyleft license with patent grant.
[0]:
http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/signify-openbsd/signify-openbsd_13-1_copyright
- [PATCH 0/3] Adding libbsd and signify, Leo Famulari, 2016/03/26
- [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Leo Famulari, 2016/03/26
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Christopher Allan Webber, 2016/03/26
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Efraim Flashner, 2016/03/27
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Christopher Allan Webber, 2016/03/27
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Leo Famulari, 2016/03/27
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Christopher Allan Webber, 2016/03/28
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Leo Famulari, 2016/03/28
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license.,
Alex Vong <=
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license., Christopher Allan Webber, 2016/03/30
[PATCH 2/3] gnu: Add libbsd., Leo Famulari, 2016/03/26
[PATCH 3/3] gnu: Add signify., Leo Famulari, 2016/03/26