From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] licenses: Add beerware license. Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:18:32 -0400 Message-ID: <20160328161832.GB7959@jasmine> References: <83dc458a779ea4c3d3c9a08d5d5a4a8420e98b31.1459033650.git.leo@famulari.name> <871t6w3czm.fsf@dustycloud.org> <20160327100811.51d01807@debian-netbook> <874mbry6r0.fsf@dustycloud.org> <20160327213155.GA29056@jasmine> <87y4923849.fsf@dustycloud.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33742) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akZsC-0006Px-9b for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:18:37 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akZs9-0008IY-3B for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:18:36 -0400 Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:59535) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akZs9-0008IU-01 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:18:33 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87y4923849.fsf@dustycloud.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Christopher Allan Webber Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 09:00:38AM -0700, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > Leo Famulari writes: > > > On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 02:02:11PM -0700, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > >> Efraim Flashner writes: > >> > >> > On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 18:50:53 -0700 > >> > Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > >> > > >> >> Leo Famulari writes: > >> >> > >> >> [...] > >> >> > >> >> Now there's a license name bound to cause some confusion! > >> >> > >> >> It looks free... I think it would be okay to push. But maybe if only > >> >> one or two packages use it it would be better to just use the > >> >> non-copyleft license option? > >> >> > >> > > >> > I went and doublechecked the license, because I've heard in the past it's not > >> > actually a copyleft license. According to wikipedia[0], it is not copyleft, > >> > but is GPL compatable, and recognized by the FSF. The language of the license > >> > does allow for not buying the author a beer. > >> > > >> > > >> > [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerware > >> > >> It's not a copyleft license, right. That's why I suggested non-copyleft > >> :) > >> > >> For example, in unzip: > >> > >> (license (license:non-copyleft "file://LICENSE" > >> "See LICENSE in the distribution.")) > > > > I'll do whatever the consensus says. > > Okay, and again, I don't have strong opinions, just a suggestion. > > > But what about the IBM license on the base64 component of signify? What > > should I do about that? > > I don't know, could you point to what the code is and the license? The issue is described in the cover letter: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-03/msg01097.html