[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[bug#47943] [PATCH]: Gnu: Add Weir
From: |
Giovanni Biscuolo |
Subject: |
[bug#47943] [PATCH]: Gnu: Add Weir |
Date: |
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 11:22:07 +0200 |
Hi Guillaume,
thank you for your follow up and for your contribution to Guix!
Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv@posteo.net> writes:
> Giovanni Biscuolo <g@xelera.eu> skribis:
[...]
>> AFAIU the license in 1. means that that piece of code is not free
>> software, since "verbatim copy" AFAIU is not free
>>
>> The license in 2. AFAIU is free software, license:expat or other? Can
>> you clarify please?
>>
>> The code referenced in 3. is suggested by lispm in
>> https://gist.github.com/inconvergent/8b6ccfbde4fca7844c1962082ef07a7e
>> and AFAIU is not a trivial patch with no clear license: I really don't
>> know how this kind of code is normally evaluated from a GNU FSDG point
>> of view
>>
>> I think we need some guidance from someone more experienced in license
>> issues.
> I pushed the patch just before receiving your email about the possible
> license issue. Bad timing...
I saw your push some minutes after my message :-)
> I'm not a lawyer and I'm not sure what the final license of Weir is, so
> it would be nice if some license expert could give us their opinion on
> this. And in case there's a problem, I'll revert the patch.
I am almost sure that the licenses for the points 1 (license clearly
stated by Paul Graham) and 3 (no license for that code means "classic"
full copyright) are non-free.
Please do not forget that a reasonable copyright and license audit is
one of the things to do before committing, so please do not skip this
important step just IANAL ;-)
Please can you yust revert this patch and give us some time to settle
this issue?
Thanks! Giovanni
--
Giovanni Biscuolo
Xelera IT Infrastructures
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
[bug#47943] Weir licensing issue (was [PATCH]: Gnu: Add Weir), Giovanni Biscuolo, 2021/04/26
bug#47943: [PATCH]: Gnu: Add Weir, Guillaume Le Vaillant, 2021/04/22