From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: license naming Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 18:31:49 +0000 Message-ID: <20171222183149.4jv23as6nrtkt52l@abyayala> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zhtzsd4bmwsy5iyv" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42212) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eSS7S-0006lr-Mq for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:32:31 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eSS7P-0001dq-HL for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:32:30 -0500 Received: from aibo.runbox.com ([91.220.196.211]:51908) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eSS7P-0001ZP-9d for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:32:27 -0500 Received: from [10.9.9.211] (helo=mailfront11.runbox.com) by mailtransmit02.runbox with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eSS7L-0005CY-Lv for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2017 19:32:23 +0100 Received: from dslb-088-078-027-199.088.078.pools.vodafone-ip.de ([88.78.27.199] helo=localhost) by mailfront11.runbox.com with esmtpsa (uid:892961 ) (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) id 1eSS6o-0005Ho-Hz for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2017 19:31:50 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline 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" To: guix-devel@gnu.org --zhtzsd4bmwsy5iyv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've just read this link: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/rms-article-for-cla= ritys-sake-please-dont-say-licensed-under-gnu-gpl-2 Full Quote: > In this article, For Clarity's Sake, Please Don't Say "Licensed under GNU= GPL 2"!, Free Software Foundation president Richard Stallman (RMS) explain= s how to properly identify what GNU license your work is under. Whenever a = developer releases their work under a GNU license, they have the option to = either release it under that version of the license only, or to make it ava= ilable under any later version of that license. This option ensures that so= ftware can remain compatible with future versions of the license. But what = happens if someone just says their program is under GNU GPL version 2, for = example? > >> [T]hey are leaving the licensing of the program unclear. Is it releas= ed under GPL-2.0-only, or GPL-2.0-or-later? Can you merge the code with pac= kages released under GPL-3.0-or-later? > > Thus, it is vitally important that developers indicate in their license n= otices whether they are licensing their work under that version "only" or u= nder "any later version." Of course, these days it is also helpful for lice= nse notices to be machine-readable. The Software Package Data Exchange (SPD= X) specification sets a standardized way of identifying licenses on softwar= e packages. They are updating their license identifiers to include this dis= tinction in their upcoming version. For example, for GNU GPL version 2, the= identifiers are now "GPL-2.0-only or GPL-2.0-or-later." The old identifier= s (e.g. "GPL-2.0") are now deprecated and should no longer be used. Based o= n the changes SPDX says are coming in the SPDX specification and its Web si= te, the FSF expects to endorse the new version of the SPDX. We thank SPDX a= nd their community for making these helpful changes. Maybe we could make use of what https://spdx.org/licenses/ provides. I didn't compare the names with our names, I'll do this on the train next week. Good idea, bad idea? --=20 GnuPG: A88C8ADD129828D7EAC02E52E22F9BBFEE348588 GnuPG: https://c.n0.is/ng0_pubkeys/tree/keys WWW: https://n0.is --zhtzsd4bmwsy5iyv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEqIyK3RKYKNfqwC5S4i+bv+40hYgFAlo9T5UACgkQ4i+bv+40 hYgRXRAAtH3aZl7rqZl0BZ1wcthgIF2p15MC0YbYRq6ioWBFULyvKxg91ER2i23B mkF8yWJlKMm59hWJ+IdqgVqDXZpmjSHAQPcsTYKZkB1On/6IRJnj69pQa+RqsAp4 1BamKCClB/9tNWRt8YKghOUWZ/7xuVB/l5DTkESxGbRVYD2SEVISQ8wWzxDRNeQ9 vW5Qys1/MLXpk0iR/coROMGOO4RPwrnEu6EVtQljVVRYDCBHRFlgDJuf7ccw24jj gMVRhSKo4HZF3RXsw2AApcnWI9+jmQjSfZ93FZHgQn2Y0FUaG4U6ysb7+NmJ7ebX b0SVIA4mw/KG4+UMwUWmMIAm2K5aNuBmbQnHozyf0dKgIb3LJeD4eRVmghpWg766 XfluUC87Jz+E7pLbMCu4ppFujtfo9Q5+H9OYVmiHy2jfePpVZt0TAMwIbu5U+cF3 RnVH/3zjLXV+fd6E6/3Tk/cih2ygKmt7gmF/BphOzBIWTUJ6dL0CAlrZruK22fWJ 9QaKk1zHxHIKY0wG/IvmDOyzT8yif9Aub0TcRSPtJXHn1mW7IfWxlD7Rs2zNoeMp Sp3lHmHLO0mK7P2nLx50KfRZ7ZHLa1aGrQP/JJCGxfZVqtKBOOLfiPd3RGdfYbwN pEW5T1i0vIUt3vkU+NPbYGIT0I1CbbJ/2ILmqnsBPlz8EAuEOcM= =abrJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zhtzsd4bmwsy5iyv--