From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bad choice of license in BzrForEmacsDevs Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:12:20 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87d4399auk.fsf@red-bean.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259011565 17612 80.91.229.12 (23 Nov 2009 21:26:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:26:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Karl Fogel , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 23 22:25:58 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NCgQ1-0003wW-7D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:25:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54037 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCgQ0-00020Y-LZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:25:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCgDQ-000464-9d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:12:56 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCgDL-00044d-Hr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:12:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33014 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCgDL-00044Z-Be for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:12:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-yx0-f191.google.com ([209.85.210.191]:45818) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NCgDF-0008Vw-7C; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:12:45 -0500 Original-Received: by yxe29 with SMTP id 29so15344233yxe.14 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:12:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=fFPy4d9bwh80vDRwRzkTbZGKa2KpEW+f1nohLvn2Cro=; b=Hha8FabVPbOx8gRykNrHk82Os0uHef2v3X7REhHw1G048KG4Wt4RbTDqfJgg47hLAg U3PbgysGAqY8XfZEwaNRIBdFv6P9teEGWcrredYXOVhg1RERoxjhbkwxNbFlVp6IqUm/ bZx3C9j1Dt5h20iowhy/j2IiDhAZih8S2OTuI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Hm3lnS5ldhTriocU6lvR5Qm5TXlMPjApnbt7ooQqq4x45vITJyxnWW1BVMLI6OMsqJ NT8Es4KZSPXRxSJHTUJBEH7D4htazLVvPd8sYPec99lQfN87d2x7pBqV2ktDDoQlwODO jWuDq7iBzlkYXJvenj6Xf9OZEPxN+HO2pGOVg= Original-Received: by 10.100.56.12 with SMTP id e12mr4202734ana.162.1259010760154; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:12:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:117625 Archived-At: On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Richard Stallman wrote: > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0This work is licensed to you under version 2 of the G= NU General Public > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0License. =C2=A0Alternatively, you may choose to recei= ve this work under any > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0other license that grants the right to use, copy, mod= ify, and/or > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0distribute the work, as long as that license imposes = the restriction > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0that derivative works have to grant the same rights a= nd impose the > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0same restriction. For example, you may choose to rece= ive this work > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0under the GNU Free Documentation License, the Creativ= eCommons > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0ShareAlike License, the XEmacs manual license, or sim= ilar licenses." > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0So that allows the GPLv3, as well as many other licenses. > > I know; I read that before. =C2=A0I think that does not alloq GPLv3. > Section 7 of GPLv3 allows some limited variation in the licenses of > derivative works, so it does not fit the criterion. > > So I think we have a real problem here. > > Who runs the site? EmacsWiki? http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AlexSchroeder