From: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>
To: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: The purpose of the "license" list of a Guix package
Date: Fri, 07 May 2021 12:23:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tune1h6m.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871rai2y5f.fsf_-_@gmail.com> (Chris Marusich's message of "Fri, 07 May 2021 11:31:56 -0700")
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Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> writes:
> In the end, I think a packager is expected to be operating in good
> faith, in accordance with the FSDG. This means that packagers look for
> freedom issues and address them when found. It does not mean that
> packagers are expected to provide a detailed "bill of materials" for
> every single package, although that is certainly something that some
> people think is important (and some people don't).
Another way of saying this is that, in my understanding, the license
field is "just a hint". It should be a useful hint, of course, but it
is still just a hint, rather than an exhaustive or authoritative
description of all licensing implications for all use cases.
--
Chris
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-07 19:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-25 6:15 Jam: which licence is this? Jack Hill
2021-04-25 7:16 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2021-04-25 17:25 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-04-25 17:35 ` Leo Famulari
2021-04-25 20:37 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-04-26 16:24 ` Leo Famulari
2021-05-02 4:53 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-05-02 15:20 ` Leo Famulari
2021-05-07 18:31 ` The purpose of the "license" list of a Guix package (Was: Re: Jam: which licence is this?) Chris Marusich
2021-05-07 19:23 ` Chris Marusich [this message]
2021-05-08 10:16 ` Leo Prikler
2021-05-08 11:17 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2021-05-08 11:22 ` Leo Prikler
2021-05-08 20:52 ` Maxime Devos
2021-05-08 23:04 ` Leo Prikler
2021-05-09 8:33 ` Maxime Devos
2021-05-02 21:12 ` Jam: which licence is this? Ludovic Courtès
2021-04-25 17:42 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-04-28 13:20 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2021-04-25 20:23 ` Vagrant Cascadian
2021-04-25 20:49 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2021-04-25 20:53 ` Jack Hill
2021-04-25 21:04 ` Jack Hill
2021-04-26 14:36 ` Jack Hill
2021-05-02 5:02 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-04-25 21:41 ` Vagrant Cascadian
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