From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
Cc: bug-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] distro: Add rsync
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:54:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a9t7l50g.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201212211417.58622.andreas@enge.fr> (Andreas Enge's message of "Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:17:58 +0100")
Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:
> Am Freitag, 21. Dezember 2012 schrieb Nikita Karetnikov:
>> 1. Change 'uri' according to this [1] example.
>
> What does this change? Especially as it is not done systematically
> for the files already in the distribution.
Yeah, this is a minor issue, just a formatting convention that we should
try to follow.
>> 3. It's probably better to say what licenses are used for the other
>> files.
>
> Actually, what is one expected to do concerning licenses?
> README says:
> "Rsync may be used, modified and redistributed only under the terms of
> the GNU General Public License, found in the file COPYING in this
> distribution"
>
> COPYING is GPLv3. So I checked a few files whether this means
> gpl3 or gpl3+.
>
> rsync.c states gpl3+, for example.
>
> Some other files have different license statements. There is a subdirectory
> popt containing a different COPYING (looks like X11 license).
The combined work is GPLv3+ anyway, so I guess you were right in
choosing gpl3+ as the license.
Thanks!
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-21 16:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-21 10:47 [PATCH] distro: Add rsync Andreas Enge
2012-12-21 12:28 ` Nikita Karetnikov
2012-12-21 13:17 ` Andreas Enge
2012-12-21 16:54 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2012-12-21 19:13 ` Andreas Enge
2012-12-21 21:40 ` Ludovic Courtès
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