From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Vong Subject: Re: Open Government Data License & CC-BY 4.0 Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 17:43:27 +0800 Message-ID: <8737cwhlfk.fsf@gmail.com> References: <1ab4cb95-b135-d017-d5c9-27108059960b@openmailbox.org> <20170425074754.opmnysbbtxmkogxw@abyayala> <877f28hlj4.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37702) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d2x0T-0003iM-QG for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 05:43:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d2x0N-0001pu-VA for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 05:43:37 -0400 Received: from mail-pf0-x243.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c00::243]:36696) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d2x0N-0001pa-Nx for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 05:43:31 -0400 Received: by mail-pf0-x243.google.com with SMTP id v14so7965905pfd.3 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 02:43:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <877f28hlj4.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Vong's message of "Tue, 25 Apr 2017 17:41:19 +0800") 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: Brendan Tildesley Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Alex Vong writes: > Hello Brendan, > > If I understand correctly, CC-BY 4.0 is a non-copyleft license. Since > the license is compatible with CC-BY 4.0, it is also a permissive > license. So I think using 'license:non-copyleft' should work. > Also, you can add a comment stating that the license is compatible with CC-BY 4.0 likes how Debian does it. >> ng0 =E6=96=BC 2017-04-25 17:47 =E5=AF=AB=E9=81=93: >>> >>> CC-BY 3.0 is in Guix. Unless something fundamental changed in 4.0, 4.0 >>> should be okay to add in the variants which are not CC-BY-NC. >>> >>> Licenses can be added in guix/licenses.scm >> Well the license seems to be compatible with CC-BY 4.0 because it >> explicitly states so in clause 4.2. Or is it compatible as a matter of >> fact and that clause is simply pointing it out, and so it may also be >> compatible with CC-BY 3.0? When we assign a license in a Guix package >> definition, my understanding is that this is a statement saying >> effectively "If you look in the source tar.gz, you will see that this >> package is in fact licensed under ... license, perhaps in the COPYING >> file". If I set the license to CC-BY 4.0, would that be claiming the >> Taiwanese government has issued the font under that license. Does clause >> 4.2 mean "You can redistribute this under CC-BY 4.0 with your name on >> it, if you want" or "We grant you this under the CC-BY 4.0". I'm not >> even sure if that is a meaningful distinction in copyright law. If the >> former is actually correct, does this require me as a Guix dev to add a >> COPYING file distributing the font under CC-BY 4.0 under my name or >> what? Can I say truthfully that the source .zip file containing the >> fonts is under the CC-BY 4.0 ? --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEdZDkzSn0Cycogr9IxYq4eRf1Ea4FAlj/Gj8ACgkQxYq4eRf1 Ea4wHw/8ChsgfpG4tG7FoAET7eBq4JxV2j5JXXxXGLlYlBWpkF/b/lpRq5lsgtNh 1krfTpi1d2tQjYj3yaFexGKBLhrfPbH+crR0enxuidtVQlRasXPaEMIcZd1dZwhO uCHIWbWvYpr0hF4cxSLM3zeJWTzDcM6wRusncz6Guk7inHmD6jGmov3cDz0meZqm /AhC59sdU3JZw5MCX2VS7N8ta7AANEVpwl/DyBAGIoIFOdPv9PHv8KfFZOTl6gvk v+03lleBQnTUzRHnzntMifqpze8PAWlwFNKrxZIUwUN7HyEhLOBXH9v8RMRBqVfQ 2glvm1wp6ht4Dsa55XnT0l5ID03ZBJ2H3mMHQfEWoqdaUZdelCZoGAaF1Ouhko1V QMaHu59mjJhtkVN15iN1jSh1MsC+bT5/+AkSXOWoi11Ojfd8zKwKwtyjoi/5tI/y /fVwRLD5AU9U3EjBHNgtnV+a8W1ROsQULWhH/jwTQz4TXJJ5WVV2J7yPyg9I2Mkn 71z0tHYSLpvbiod/reNLaR2/VISpUrOPNNiu8H/nVu03d8loyMQkhR6tlfZ2g8/K 9Oj6HRpiHlRSkxwCCSs5OSwAG+DcEgTn4MSFK/4RffZbR4ZzZ/mdixstDmH5rME2 Am/Cs7+MHYtm1S4OwiC/KzJ8mPKCUdc324msRAhiE6aFiwpwieA= =2uAq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--