From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: naesten@gmail.com, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: 24520@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24520: 25.1.50; calccard.tex has somewhat unclear licensing
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:38:56 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83h98keben.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wpi2l9yp.fsf@Sam-laptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (naesten@gmail.com)
> From: naesten@gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:58:22 -0400
>
>
> Evaluate:
>
> (find-file (expand-file-name "refcards/calccard.tex" data-directory))
>
> Now search for "Copyright" in the resulting buffer. The first occurance
> is as part of the usual GPLv3 boilerplate, just a bit further into the
> file than is usual. The second occurance precees a somewhat less clear
> license grant:
>
> > \def\copyrightnotice{
> > \vskip 1ex plus 2 fill\begingroup\small
> > \centerline{Copyright \copyright\ \year\ Free Software Foundation, Inc.}
> > \centerline{designed by Dave Gillespie and Stephen Gildea,}
> > \centerline{for GNU Emacs Calc.}
> >
> > Permission is granted to make and distribute copies of
> > this card provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
> > are preserved on all copies.
> >
> > %For copies of the GNU Emacs Calc manual, write to the Free Software
> > %Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
> > %MA 02110-1301, USA.
> > %
> > \endgroup}
>
> So, we have two license grants that'd seem to apply to this file,
>
> (a) the usual GPLv3-or-later boilerplate
>
> (b) a brief, custom grant that doesn't explicitly permit modification
>
> Also note that only (b) appears on the actual card; I don't think
> there's even enough room on the card to fit (a).
>
> Its not really clear what the licensing of this file is meant to be, but
> I think it would be simplest to:
>
> (a) drop the GPLv3 licensing on this file, or explicitly use a dual
> license/GPL exception to unambiguously permit distribution with
> just the brief grant
>
> (b) add "in modified or unmodified form" to, and possibly remove "and
> this permission notice" from, said brief grant
>
> (c) mention the filename "calccard.tex" so people recieving it
> out-of-context can find the source easily
>
> (Aside: the commented-out FSF address seems kind of useless nowadays...)
Richard, could you please tell what should be done about this issue?
TIA
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Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-23 18:58 bug#24520: 25.1.50; calccard.tex has somewhat unclear licensing naesten
2016-10-10 10:38 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-10-15 14:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-10-16 10:40 ` Richard Stallman
2016-10-16 11:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-10-17 19:51 ` Richard Stallman
2016-10-17 0:43 ` Richard Stallman
2016-10-17 1:43 ` Glenn Morris
2016-10-17 19:54 ` Richard Stallman
2016-10-18 16:10 ` Glenn Morris
2016-10-18 17:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-10-23 13:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-10-24 0:26 ` Richard Stallman
2016-10-29 10:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-10-29 16:38 ` Richard Stallman
2016-10-29 21:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-10-31 19:18 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-02 16:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-03 1:24 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-03 18:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-12 7:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-12 22:28 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-13 16:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-13 23:56 ` Glenn Morris
2016-11-14 15:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-15 0:29 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-15 17:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-16 21:04 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-18 7:28 ` Glenn Morris
2016-11-18 8:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-15 0:25 ` Richard Stallman
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