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From: Liliana Marie Prikler To: Wojtek Kosior , guix-devel Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:57:47 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20231222172049.49531407.koszko@koszko.org> References: <20231222172049.49531407.koszko@koszko.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.46.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::541; envelope-from=liliana.prikler@gmail.com; helo=mail-ed1-x541.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list 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+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -6.32 X-Spam-Score: -6.32 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 59B074561A X-Migadu-Scanner: mx11.migadu.com X-TUID: i4JcNzDAK8ig Am Freitag, dem 22.12.2023 um 17:20 +0100 schrieb Wojtek Kosior via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.: > Hi >=20 > at least the following files from Guix source tree >=20 > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 dir-locals.el > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 configure.ac > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 config-daemon.ac > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 bootstrap > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 README >=20 > have neither copyright nor license information in them.=C2=A0 I believe i= t > prevents people from assuming that GPL v3 **or later** applies to > those files. I don't think it prevents people from assuming anything, but it may lead people to assume that these files are not GPL'd, which may or may not be the truth. (There is a debate to be had to which extent you can copyright, e.g. a dir-locals file in the first place.) > What should be done to fix this?=C2=A0 Would it be welcome if I or someon= e > else reached out to the authors of those files to get a permission to > also use them under hypothetical later GPL versions? As you point out, the proper fix would be to explicitly license them.=20 This doesn't have to be the GPL, however. For example, the FSF recommends more permissive licenses for small amounts of text, e.g. as typically found in READMEs. Cheers