From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: gsettings.m4 copyright Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2022 11:03:13 -0500 Message-ID: References: <83k0fhc75r.fsf@gnu.org> <87y23xdlkm.fsf@yahoo.com> <83fsq5c6qs.fsf@gnu.org> <20220103.223950.285333486999523743.masm@luna.pink.masm11.me> <83a6gcdha6.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="38217"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Yuuki Harano , luangruo@yahoo.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 03 17:03:57 2022 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 1n4PoT-0009k3-6K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2022 17:03:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58812 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n4PoR-0004NW-N0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2022 11:03:55 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:44902) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n4Pns-0003ie-Mn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2022 11:03:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:27600) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n4Pnq-0007lG-8T; Mon, 03 Jan 2022 11:03:19 -0500 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id E4E6A80602; Mon, 3 Jan 2022 11:03:15 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 61D918030F; Mon, 3 Jan 2022 11:03:14 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1641225794; bh=gFPbzTl3XO5mHJ/OteKPQOueVIePFcwSRy6u2aEuDBA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=LZe+YagyM2z89xiSfofaXneuYv6+xJlNgY1GPPEkFk/KkfDvC/XUp+FAr3SSpigFS 5CpGyWB5Hnh8ozGINBQsEanhn4TTqCs2aDkUmdq7iw0r3jHPpmW+IClbrbZo6sAI6O AZWRnjbQ5d0UyB/CDN64un3KCO5V1wVNKf1SN89SlRyrG4Vex0DsmZLeO6y2xr+Abn X/m2hehoUgY66uWo2Q0f/CiYgql+cv9kSwGypl0MoO5uUC4EIR2gWSkrqOG0bQo5++ 1hi2NILyFLfqQWmvS5IG/7qE/Bx1ySbmLCLQDQ1eoSe5ht8/RtEOj+0dfH1xTd4499 UaqEEVze2Q7uQ== Original-Received: from ceviche (unknown [216.154.30.173]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2CC9C1201B2; Mon, 3 Jan 2022 11:03:14 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <83a6gcdha6.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 03 Jan 2022 16:29:21 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -23 X-Spam_score: -2.4 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.4 / 5.0 requ) DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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:284062 Archived-At: >> > Jeff and Yuuki, would you please tell us how you got this file and who >> > has the copyright to its code? >> I copied /usr/share/aclocal/gsettings.m4 in my PC. > That file is installed when you install Glib, so you basically copied > it from Glib without their permission. Since it's under the LGPL we do have their permission. > At this point, I think we should consider removing the file and > rewriting the tests it performs in configure.ac, in as different a > form from gsettings.m4 as possible. Is that feasible? Is there a specific problem with the file being LGPL? IIUC the LGPLv2.1 is compatible with GPLv3 (not sure about GPL>3), so I don't think we have a license problem right now. Is the problem limited to "we don't own its copyright" (i.e. something which we impose on ourselves and could thus choose to ignore)? Stefan