From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yoni Rabkin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [ELPA] New package: rt-liberation Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2020 20:27:38 -0400 Message-ID: <87h7tgipol.fsf@rabkins.net> References: <87ft92jo4y.fsf@rabkins.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23627"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 06 02:28:24 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k3Tlf-00060a-TL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2020 02:28:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60822 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k3Tle-0007W9-PX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2020 20:28:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59938) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k3Tl1-00076c-1e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2020 20:27:43 -0400 Original-Received: from smtprelay0135.hostedemail.com ([216.40.44.135]:43080 helo=smtprelay.hostedemail.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k3Tkz-00050k-D1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2020 20:27:42 -0400 Original-Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (clb03-v110.bra.tucows.net [216.40.38.60]) by smtprelay07.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5C4E181D330D; Thu, 6 Aug 2020 00:27:39 +0000 (UTC) X-Session-Marker: 796F6E69407261626B696E732E6E6574 X-HE-Tag: hen41_5815f0126fb3 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 1637 Original-Received: from birch.rabkins.net (c-73-238-99-162.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [73.238.99.162]) (Authenticated sender: yoni@rabkins.net) by omf07.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Thu, 6 Aug 2020 00:27:39 +0000 (UTC) X-Ethics: Use GNU In-Reply-To: (Stefan Kangas's message of "Thu, 6 Aug 2020 02:05:09 +0200") Received-SPF: none client-ip=216.40.44.135; envelope-from=yoni@rabkins.net; helo=smtprelay.hostedemail.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/08/05 20:27:40 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:253463 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas writes: > Yoni Rabkin writes: > >> One thing to mention is that RT is licensed under GPLv2. I contacted >> Best Practical, explained how rt-liberation works, and asked them if >> they are OK with me distributing rt-liberation under GPLv3. They >> permitted me to license rt-liberation under GPLv3. This correspondence >> with Best Practical is distributed as part of the project, in a file >> named why-rt-liberation-is-under-gplv3.txt. > > Is this necessary for legal reasons or is it simply a courtesy? I view it as being fair to fellows in the free software community, while ensuring that my own project has as solid a licensing stance as I can provide. -- "Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice"