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From: Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via <guix-patches@gnu.org>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
Cc: 61950@debbugs.gnu.org, "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: [bug#61950] [PATCH] lint: Add 'copyleft' checker.
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:56:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lejotpq3.fsf@mailbox.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87iletijqy.fsf_-_@gmail.com> (Maxim Cournoyer's message of "Tue,  21 Mar 2023 22:48:37 -0400")

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:

> I think that goes against the spirit of the GNU project: it's a tool
> that helps finding licensing concerns for proprietary software, with the
> end goal of weeding out GPL components.

I see this completely differently: this is a harm-reduction tool for
those who would violate GPL, possibly unknowingly. By adding compliance
auditing abilities to Guix, developers can avoid that.

> I think I'd rather not see this tool in Guix, but I think it could live
> happily as a channel or as an extension.

Yes I am making this patch (and a couple other compliance features) into
Guix extensions out-of-tree. I would like to upstream the extensions as
a package when they are ready, since the extensions would be FOSS. So I
think this issue can be closed.

> We may be better off if no such
> tool exists and more companies embrace the idea that is GPL instead of
> helping them spot GPL dependencies so they can rewrite them under some
> non-copyleft license.

Making companies rewrite GPL software is a good thing. It forces them to
pay programmers, then those programmers can contribute to Guix in the
evenings :-). Not many people can work on open source full-time,
unfortunately. That said I understand the concerns with merging this
patch, thank you both for taking the time to look at it.




  reply	other threads:[~2023-03-22 23:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-04  4:14 [bug#61950] [PATCH] lint: Add 'copyleft' checker Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via
2023-03-04  4:22 ` [bug#61950] [PATCH 1/3] gnu: libsndfile: Correct license Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via
2023-03-04  4:22   ` [bug#61950] [PATCH 2/3] gnu: libcap: Add bsd-3 license Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via
2023-03-06 16:49     ` Leo Famulari
2023-03-04  4:22   ` [bug#61950] [PATCH 3/3] gnu: nettle-2: Add lgpl3+ to licenses Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via
2023-03-06 16:50     ` Leo Famulari
2023-03-06 16:49   ` [bug#61950] [PATCH 1/3] gnu: libsndfile: Correct license Leo Famulari
2023-03-06 15:53 ` [bug#61950] [PATCH] lint: Add 'copyleft' checker Ludovic Courtès
2023-03-06 16:21   ` Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via
2023-03-06 22:38     ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-03-22  2:48     ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-22 21:56       ` Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via [this message]
2023-03-23  2:48         ` bug#61950: " Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-06 16:45   ` [bug#61950] " Leo Famulari
2023-03-06 18:56 ` [bug#61950] [PATCH] gnu: nettle-2: Add lgpl3+ to licenses Antero Mejr via Guix-patches via
2023-03-06 21:20   ` Leo Famulari

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